AUSTRALIA-FERAL PIG PROBLEM.
The feral pig culling programme, which is part of the Biodiversity Conservation Initiative (BCI), was funded $470,000 by the State Government over three years. Over 600 feral pigs have been removed from conservation areas and adjourning land so far.
"The ultimate goal of this programme is to control and, if feasible, eradicate pigs from the region using a range of control measures, including baiting, trapping and shooting" the DEC’s Nature Conservation regional leader Brad Barton. "This will help to protect ecological communities and vulnerable or endangered flora and fauna populations that are impacted by feral pigs," he said.