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In response to a recent escalation of wild dog activity in the Boambee area, North Coast Local Land Services is working with the community and local stakeholders to address the problem. A recent incident in the Boambee area involved a resident returning to her home late at night and being confronted by three wild dogs in very close proximity to her house.
North Coast Local Land Services is developing a coordinated response with Coffs Harbour City Council and Forestry Corporation NSW. The project is providing joint funding to employ a trapper who will work on both private and Council managed land and also involves Forestry Corporation NSW carrying out a trapping and baiting program in Boambee State Forest. To ensure that the baiting and trapping activity is being undertaken in the most appropriate areas, North Coast Local Land Services is seeking the help of local residents in reporting any wild dog activity.
Dean Chamberlain, Team Leader Invasive Species said of the project, “We’re asking residents and land owners to remain alert and report any wild dog activity to Tiffany Felton, Biosecurity Officer and her phone number is 0427 458 591.”
“A major part of effective wild dog control is to have effective community engagement and people actively engaged in wild dog control in a proactive way.
“This recent incident is in the same area where a collaborative project funded by North Coast Local Land Services is attempting to understand how vertebrate predators use this landscape by attaching tracking collars to wild dogs, feral cats and European red foxes,” Dean said.
The collaboration between North Coast Local Land Services, NSW Department of Primary Industries, Office of Environment and Heritage, Forestry Corporation of NSW, Coffs Harbour City Council, Gumbaynggirr Green Teams and private landholders has revealed some interesting initial results.
“The project is designed to better inform wild dog management in the coastal zone and particularly the peri-urban area, where interactions between wild dogs, domestic pets and people seems to be increasing over the past few years, as this recent incident shows,” Dean said.
orth Coast Local Land Services
Communications Unit
Tel: 0429 824 321 | media.northcoast@lls.nsw.gov.au | www.northcoast.lls.nsw.gov.au
28 June 2017
