Publication Date

2019

Publisher

Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Western Australia

City

Perth

Abstract

Management of invasive species is an important component of biosecurity. For species already established in Western Australia (WA), including feral pigs, effective management aims to reduce the impacts of those populations and detect occurrences of new populations, thereby preventing further harm to the State’s agriculture and biodiversity. Effective management also includes monitoring the density and distribution of established populations to define their boundaries and determine the effectiveness of control programs.

The foundations for a national biosecurity framework were established in 2007, with the development of the inaugural Australian Pest Animal Strategy (APAS). The Feral Pig Strategy (this Strategy) outlines the principles of APAS that underpin a high-level approach to the management of feral pigs throughout Western Australia from 2020–2025.

This strategy builds upon the ‘Feral Pig Control Strategy: South-west Western Australia 2015-2020’ (Bain and Kinnear, 2015) which provides a comprehensive overview of existing knowledge regarding feral pig biology, impacts and distribution, as well as an ‘Industry Code of Practice for Feral Pig Control (Trapping and Eradication)’, developed by the Southern Feral Pig Advisory Group (SFPAG) for southwest WA.

Number of Pages

47

Keywords

feral pig, biosecurity, control strategy

Disciplines

Biosecurity | Other Animal Sciences

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