Neville,
NSW National Parks use professional shooters to control feral animals, such as
pigs, goats and deer. The areas the shooters operate in are closed off when
culling is in progress. Shooting is usually carried out where culling methods
such as baiting or trapping are impractical.
Trapping can be effective in some situations, but is expensive and animals
quickly learn to avoid traps. It is usually only cost effective when the
trapped animals can be on-sold to the live export or abattoir trade.
Rounding up feral goats? Rounding up cats is somewhat easier.
It is a pity that the average Australian does not regard feral animal control
more seriously. When Foot and Mouth Disease eventually enters Australia (and it
will eventually, despite the best efforts of AQIS), we can kiss goodbye to most
of our meat and many other agricultural product export trades.
Carl Clifford
On 02/03/2013, at 10:29, Neville Schrader OAM <> wrote:
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> It appears to me to be a pretty hard argument we have in NSW to stop shooting
> in National Parks, when we see statement like this in the last Birdlife e-
> News, in relation to Gluepot Reserve, i.e six members of the sporting
> shooters visited for four days, shooting 74 goats, a cat and a fox, and they
> also trapped two foxes. Whilst I am aware that other states allow shooting in
> Conservation areas, I don’t see why Birdlife should support such. Trapping I
> have no problem with or rounding up the goats and selling.
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> The question now is, who controls the policy of operations and management in
> Gluepot and Birdlife.
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> In disappointment
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> Neville Schrader
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