The effect on wild dogs, Canis f. familiaris, of 1080-poisoning campaigns in Kosciusko National Park, N.S.W. [New South Wales; predator on grazing livestock]
1986
McIlroy, J.C. | Cooper, R.J. | Gifford, E.J. | Green, B.F. | Newgrain, K.W. (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Lyneham (Australia). Div. of Wildlife and Rangelands Research)
Radio tracking showed that dogs move a maximum distance of 11.2 km daily; it is suggested that control programmes could be limited to a 20 kg zone adjacent to grazing lands. Trial-baiting trials with the poison were of low efficacy despite the sensitivity of dogs to it. Reasons were a rapid loss of toxicity, removal of bait by foxes and birds, and the dogs' preference for natural prey.
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