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NPWS Pest Management Officer Stuart Boyd-LawDSCN0142
Trapping is one of the important tools land managers use to control pests which by their nature difficult to manage.
Trapping is sometimes the only way to deal with animals that are not able to be controlled by other methods such as baiting if they have learned to avoid poisoned baits and become ‘bait-shy’.
Pests, such as foxes, are a problem across the landscape because they take advantage of the conditions wherever there is a reliable source of food or shelter and can become virtually impossible to ever control completely.
The aim of the training is to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of trapping which needs to be seen as part of an integrated pest management program.
The training covered aspects such equipment preparation including fine-tuning traps for effectiveness as well as trap maintenance and selection the best trap site.
Regular checking of traps includes constantly evaluating if the trap set is in the right place to avoid non-targets species becoming victims.
In coastal areas foxes the persistence of foxes is a real problem for agriculture and our wildlife, highlighted by their ability to thrive in most environments and on an incredible range of food sources.
This includes urban areas where they feed from rubbish bins or even food we put out for our pets through rural areas where they can survive on road-kill and prey on newborns lambs.
Their impact on our natural environment is also pretty dramatic as they eat just about any thing they can fit in their mouths from, lizards, to birds and their egg as well our small marsupials and mammals.
NPWS Pest Management Officer Stuart Boyd-LawDSCN0142
Trapping is one of the important tools land managers use to control pests which by their nature difficult to manage.
Trapping is sometimes the only way to deal with animals that are not able to be controlled by other methods such as baiting if they have learned to avoid poisoned baits and become ‘bait-shy’.
Pests, such as foxes, are a problem across the landscape because they take advantage of the conditions wherever there is a reliable source of food or shelter and can become virtually impossible to ever control completely.
The aim of the training is to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of trapping which needs to be seen as part of an integrated pest management program.
The training covered aspects such equipment preparation including fine-tuning traps for effectiveness as well as trap maintenance and selection the best trap site.
Regular checking of traps includes constantly evaluating if the trap set is in the right place to avoid non-targets species becoming victims.
In coastal areas foxes the persistence of foxes is a real problem for agriculture and our wildlife, highlighted by their ability to thrive in most environments and on an incredible range of food sources.
This includes urban areas where they feed from rubbish bins or even food we put out for our pets through rural areas where they can survive on road-kill and prey on newborns lambs.
Their impact on our natural environment is also pretty dramatic as they eat just about any thing they can fit in their mouths from, lizards, to birds and their egg as well our small marsupials and mammals.