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ABC Rural News: Calf attacks increase after wild dog baiting

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http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-05-17/dog-calf-attacks/4695616
A new study into wild dogs has shown that calf attacks rise after baiting. Dr Lee Allen from the Queensland Department of Agriculture says attacks increase because more immature and brazen dogs enter the area that has been cleaned out. (Friday, 17/05/2013)

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ABC Rural News: Indigenous camel company gets over the hump

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http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-05-17/feral-camel-company/4695750
A new camel company has been formed in the Ngaanyatjarra Lands near the Western Australia-Northern Territory border to muster and sell feral camels. Set up by Ngaanyatjarra Council, it will service about a dozen Indigenous communities and has created 16 jobs so far. Head of land and culture Alex Knight says they've mustered over 7000 camels in their first few months. (Friday, 17/05/2013)

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Queensland Country Life: Barrier fence plan takes next step

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http://www.queenslandcountrylife.com.au/news/agriculture/general/news/barrier-fence-plan-takes-next-step/2656229.aspx
Draft terms of reference for the feasibility study into a new barrier fence in Queensland’s Central West will be drawn up at a meeting today, for public consultation soon. Blackall grazier Jenny Keogh, who is chairing the working group to undertake the study, has called on people in affected communities to begin thinking about what they want it to deliver. (Friday, 03/05/2013)

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Queensland Country Life: Hard bitten: Wild dog war gains $1m package

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http://www.queenslandcountrylife.com.au/news/agriculture/general/news/hard-bitten-wild-dog-war-gains-1m-package/2656074.aspx
The Newman Government will today announce almost $1 million in funding to help local councils and rural industry groups combat the wild dog menace across Queensland. The funding consists of $700,000 for South, Central and North West Queensland councils for wild do control projects in pastoral and peri-urban areas. (Thursday, 02/05/2013)

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Genetic structure of introduced swamp buffalo subpopulations in tropical Australia

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McMahon CR, Isagi Y, Kaneko S, Bowman DMJS, Brook BW, and Bradshaw CJA
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Austral Ecology
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dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1442-9993.2012.02373.x

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ABC Rural News: The trouble with feral horses

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http://www.abc.net.au/rural/content/2013/s3756600.htm
An aerial cull of thousands of horses is imminent at Tempe Downs Station, about 250 kilometres south west of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory. The Central Land Council is defending the cull, saying the population of feral horses has exploded after three wet years in a row. (Friday, 10/05/2013)

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ABC Rural News: Territory moves towards coordinated wild dog control

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http://www.abc.net.au/rural/nt/content/201304/s3739951.htm
A long-running battle against wild dogs is gaining momentum in the Northern Territory, as new land manager groups plan their first coordinated baiting programs. Two regional wild dog management groups have now been established, in the Victoria River Downs and Gulf regions. (Thursday, 18/04/2013)

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ABC Rural News: Too expensive to export camels

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http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-04-24/no-camel-exports/4648428
A Western Australian cattle producer has knocked back suggestions from the Egyptian Ambassador that Australia should export camels to the Middle East. Robin Mills, from Warrawagine station in the north-west of WA, has hundreds of camels wander through his property each year, but says an export trade just isn't cost effective. (Wednesday, 24/04/2013)

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ABC Rural News: Dry weather accelerates summer camel cull

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http://www.abc.net.au/rural/news/content/201304/s3742186.htm
Dry conditions have enabled the Australian Feral Camel Management Project to cull more than 35,000 camels in Central Australia over the last six months. An aerial cull of 7,000 camels has just been completed in the Petermann Ranges in the south-western corner of the Northern Territory, taking the total number of camels removed to 135,000 since 2009. (Monday, 22/04/2013)

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PestSmart Factsheet: Judas technique for feral goat control

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http://www.feral.org.au/judas-technique-for-feral-goat-control/
This factsheet, published by feral.org.au, describes the use of Judas goats to detect and remove fragmented herds at low densities. The factsheet is available for download from this site (PDF 248 KB) (April 2013).

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