Feral pigs

Terrain NRM eNews: This little piggy went 'wee wee wee' until it was gone

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http://www.terrain.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1351:this-little-piggy-went-wee-wee-wee-until-it-was-gone&catid=3:news&Itemid=152&acm=800_99
Landholders from Innisfail to Cardwell have benefited over the last twelve months with Terrain's Integrated Feral Pig Control Program (IFPCP) removing over 1,000 pigs from both farming and fragile environmental areas within the region. (March, 2013)

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MLA News: Fighting feral pigs

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http://www.mla.com.au/News-and-resources/Industry-news/Fighting-feral-pigs
This report, on the Meat and Livestock Australia website, discusses feral pigs, the damage that they cause and methods for their control. (Friday, 15/03/2013)

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Landcare NT: Feral pigs and wild dogs

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http://landcarent.blogspot.com.au/2012/11/feral-pigs-and-wild-dogs.html
This article, on the Landcare NT blog, reports on a presentation covering wild dog and feral pig control at the 2012 Gulf Field Day. (Saturday, 24/11/2012)

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Model code of practice for the humane control of feral pigs

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http://www.feral.org.au/model-code-of-practice-for-the-humane-control-of-feral-pigs/
This this code of practice, on the feral.org.au website, provides information and recommendations to vertebrate pest managers responsible for the control of feral pigs. It includes advice on how to choose the most humane, target specific, cost effective and efficacious technique for reducing the negative impact of feral pigs. The code is available for download from this site. (PDF 500 kB)

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ABC Rural News: Wild dogs help rangers kill wild pigs

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http://www.abc.net.au/rural/news/content/201211/s3624186.htm
Aerial pig baiting has resumed in the Whitsundays, on Queensland's central coast, as dry conditions enable better targeting of the feral animals. The baits target pigs and not wild dogs as the dogs act as predators to the pigs. (Friday, 02/11/2012)

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ABC Rural News: Feral pigs sour the sugar harvest for Mackay farmer

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http://www.abc.net.au/rural/qld/content/2012/10/s3613496.htm
Gail and John Pratt, who farm sugar north of Mackay, discuss the increase in the number of feral pigs on their property and the damage that they do. (Thursday, 18/10/2012)

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ABC Rural News: Scientists working on better bait for wild pigs

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http://www.abc.net.au/rural/news/content/201210/s3614138.htm
Control of wild pigs may be more efficient if scientists can finalise development of a new toxin. Baits containing the sodium nitrite-based poison would kill pigs more quickly and more humanely than the current baits, which contain 1080, or sodium fluoroacetate, poison. (Friday, 19/10/2012)

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ABC Rural News: A Plague of Pigs

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http://www.abc.net.au/rural/content/2012/s3612660.htm
After a run of good seasons, wild pigs have bred up to what some are calling plague proportions. It's a situation Rachel Pratt from Queensland's peak agriculture body AgForce says has dire implications for all sectors. (Wednesday, 17/10/2012)

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Are feral pigs (Sus scrofa) a pest to rainforest tourism?

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Koichi K, Cottrell A, Sangha KK and Gordon IJ
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Journal of Ecotourism
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dx.doi.org/10.1080/14724049.2012.703672

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Aboriginal rangers’ perspectives on feral pigs: Are they a pest or a resource? A case study in the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area of northern Queensland.

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Koichi K, Cottrell A, Sangha KK, and Gordon IJ
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Journal of Australian Indigenous Issues

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