Wild Dogs Issue Action Responsibility Resources Priority 1. Reduce the impacts 1.1 Public land managers and private land managers to undertake ‘general All land managers Within existing High What is a wild dog? All wild-living dogs including dingoes, feral dogs and hybrids are included as wild dogs under the WW iilldd DDoogg MM aannaaggeemm eenntt PPllaann AA rreeaa 66 of wild dogs on destruction obligations for wild dogs as per Pest Control Order under resources (WER) Rural Land Protection Act 1998 ( RLP Act ). A feral dog is a wild-living domestic dog . Hybrid dogs result from agriculture and RLP Act 1998; Clause 27 (1) of Schedule 7 and Part 11 in respect of wild crossbreeding of a dingo and a domestic dog, and hybrids include descendants of crossbred progeny. biodiversity dogs’ by assisting and participating in the implementation of strategic What is a dingo? The dingo is Australia's wild dog. The scientific name of the dingo is Canis lupus dingo and it has a and reactive control programs as detailed below: Undertake strategic wild dog ground control programs including baiting Land managers with WER High relationship to the white-footed wolf of South-East Asia. The domestic dog is named Canis lupus familiaris . Whereas twice yearly at: Urbenville, Woodenbong, Tunglebung, Culmaran Creek, assistance from LHPA barking is typical of domestic dogs, dingoes generally communicate over long distances with howls - like other wild NNoorrtthheerrnn RRiivveerrss Dairy Flat, Eight Day Creek, Haystack, Upper and Lower Duck Creek, dogs and wolves. Dingoes mate only once a year (unlike domestic dogs which mate twice per year). This usually Mummulgum, Grevillia, Rukenvale, Upper Eden Creek, Woolners Arm, happens between March and June. In its natural habitat it plays a vital role in maintaining the balance in ecosystems. Theresa Creek, Hanging Rock Creek, and Dyraaba Creek. Dingoes are declared pests in NSW. However, dingoes are conserved in some areas of public land, including a number 2012 - 2017 NPWS will undertake strategic wild dog monitoring and control NPWS WER High of national parks and state forests . 2012 - 2017 programs on the following Schedule 2 lands at: Yabbra, Richmond Range NPs and Bandahngan Aboriginal Area. Due to inaccessibility What is a roaming domestic dog ? A roaming domestic dog is one that is owned by humans but is not restrained and issues, NPWS will not undertake strategic programs on the following so is free to travel away from their owner’s property. Under section 22 of the Companion Animals Act 1998 , a farmer or d ) R Couchy Creek NR Schedule 2 lands: Mt Nothofagus and Border Ranges NPs. p their employee may lawfully seize and detain a dog on a property if they reasonably believe the dog may injure or kill m Creek Rd a Undertake reactive wild dog ground baiting programs in response to the Land managers with WER High Spring w livestock being farmed on that property. This includes injuring or destroying the dog in order to prevent the attack and S Limpinwood presence of, or damage by, wild dogs on a case by case basis eg. Collins assistance from LHPA ite Queensland loss of stock. h Limpinwood NR (! Creek, Deep Creek, Wallaby Creek, North Obelisk, Lindesay Creek, W Mount Nothofagus NP Zara Rd Mount Clunie NP Graham Creek, Boomi Creek, George Creek, Ghinni Ghi, The Risk, What are the impacts of wild dogs? Wild dogs have a number of impacts. They: Koreelah NP Lynchs Creek, Green Pigeon, Horseshoe Creek and Bakers Vale. Donaldson SF cause significant economic costs to the agricultural sector, Ty reactive High alg re weed Ri NPWS will undertake monitoring and control programs in NPWS WER u m C e le Arm T ver carry diseases and parasites, Koreelah SF Mount Lindesay SF Rd k Midd Tooloom NP. reek Hwy in C Tyalgum (! say Grahams Ck Ma B Forests NSW will undertake reactive monitoring and control programs FNSW WER High hunt native animals and may compete with native carnivores, such as quolls, and de G rin t Lin ) dle C Tyalgum un r re Mo a ek R at: Beaury, Yabbra, Mt Lindesay, Bonalbo, Richmond Range, Edinburgh breed with purebred dingoes causing the hybridisation of this native species. d Bald Knob SF Dairy Flat d d O F y R s Castle, Unumgar, Woodenbong, Bald Knob, Donaldson, Toonumbar, (! l (! i d n k Woodenbong B C e Wild dogs cause significant economic costs to the agricultural sector as a result of production losses from animal Woodenbong (! d Border Ranges NP Wollumbin NP r o e u r ! South Toonumbar SFs and in plantations owned by SFs such as Dyrabba r ( Woodenbong SF x n e n e C predation, veterinary bills from injured stock and farm animals, transmission of disease, implementation of wild dog e C Brays Creek Beaury SF k Station and Pethers Station. r s r R y d e R High control campaigns and other indirect costs such as de-stocking and change of enterprise. Wild dog control requires a e d All control programs undertaken in accordance with Standard Operating All land managers r k k B C R resources to undertake baiting, stock controls, additional fencing and movement of stock. Although estimates of the e Procedures and Codes of Practice (refer to NSW DPI (2005)). e Boomi Creek o d Wollumbin SCA r d r x ive Medium impact of predation on livestock are difficult to quantify, annual economic loss including costs associated with wild dog R C ) Unumgar SF s R Undertake trapping (softjaw and cage) where appropriate and necessary. All land managers Additional resources d k m R e Edinburgh Castle SF Moore Park NR e Medium control are estimated at $66 million (West and Saunders, 2007). e o d Grevillia Lynchs Creek e Opportunistically collect wild dog scats and arrange analysis. NPWS and FNSW for purchase of traps r o w l (! ) Mebbin NP C ) d T Tooloom NP o Toonumbar SCA 1.2 Public land managers to undertake conservation risk assessment (CRA) Relevant land managers WER High y R r o d Mount Jerusalem NP In addition to the impacts on the agricultural sector, wild dogs also prey on native wildlife, including small to medium u T Lindesay Creek a Rukenvale W R a r (! ll for proposed Wild Dog control programs within public managed lands in e b e a Urbenville SF B b d sized mammals and birds, hybridise with dingoes and compete with native wildlife for food. The control of wild dogs l a d l a accordance with EP&A Act 1979 , TSC Act 1995, EPBC Act 1999 and a North Obelisk NR The Risk Collins Ck Green Pigeon C R Y d b e ) ) ) l ) (! v d k g R y D and dingoes is more difficult than the control of other feral animals because of the need to conserve dingoes in h rest e o NPW Act 1974 etc. t Fo e y l bar R r m r i C Urbenville oonu K T k C b o s identified core areas in public lands such as some national parks and state forests. These core areas are known as r Nth Obelisk tt 1.3 Review CRA as required. e n e Toonumbar NP e N c ) i e w Mt Burrell e F a k r e g k d Schedule 2 lands under the RLP Act and are listed under Pest Control Order Number 17. Although the dingo is not C e i 2. Conserve dingo 2.1 Recognise the following areas of core dingo habitat (Schedule 2 lands) NPWS, FNSW High R r Wallaby Creek s C M n Hanging Rock Ck d Bandahngan AA populations within within Area 6 (refer to Map): protected under Schedule 11 of the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 , it is a native animal and there is an ) li e Yabbra SF l o (! d o h S d core habitat Toonumbar, Tooloom, Richmond Range, Yabbra, Mount Nothofagus and R Upper Eden Ck C e expectation that it will be conserved in NSW (Dickman & Lunney 2001). s R (! ) Hor Nightcap NP k h e Schedule 2 lands Border Ranges NPs and Bandahngan Aboriginal Area. a Blue Knob k Captains Creek NR e Horseshoe Ck b v r e (! Where are wild dogs in the Northern Rivers? Wild dogs are known to occur throughout the Northern Rivers region. ) D Toonumbar, South Toonumbar, Edinburgh Castle, Unumgar, Richmond m e C r Toonumbar SF n lu ) Barkers Vale y o The abundance of wild dogs is greatest surrounding town centres including Tweed Heads, Murwillumbah, il C t a d Range, Woodenbong, Donaldson, Mount Lindesay, Yabbra and part of d w r w r D R R a e U u Mullumbimby, Nimbin, Ballina, Lismore, Casino, Busby’s Flat, Copmanhurst, Baryugil, Pikapene, Urbenville, t g N Bald Knob and Beaury State Forests. a n p h i M a r p a g A i b l e m e l Woodenbong and Kyogle, and in areas adjoining forested lands. b f h Stony Chute 2.2 In Schedule 2 Lands in Plan Area 6: t P k r E o U e a South Toonumbar SF T T d r (! o e l s d Y r o Eight Day Ck e t k e Where possible, remove wild dogs which threaten the genetic integrity of All WER Medium benv R e t G Nimbin r o h t R (! t e Concentrations of wild dogs in Plan Area 6 are known to occur in Urbenville, Woodenbong, Tunglebung, Culmaran u l k R ee C (! C o c r H u d e d a dingo populations.