Australia-Wild dogs and sheep farming.

AUSTRALIA-WILD DOG PROBLEMS FOR SHEEP FARMERS.

The Queensland Government will set up a committee to advise landowners how to deal with wild dogs and appoint experts to work on the immediate problem.

Wild dogs have caused millions of dollars in lost livestock and have brought the state’s sheep industry close to collapse.

Today, the Premier released a report by former AgForce chief Peter Kenny.

Anna Bligh says it conservatively estimates that dogs cost the grazing industry $33 million a year.

"This is a serious problem. It’s effecting many people who are living on the land in south-west Queensland," she said.

"We will look to manage the scourge of wild dogs better - with better science, with better education for rural producers and with better support, with DPI [Department of Primary Industries] officers dedicated out at the front-line to assist producers to get rid of wild dogs.

"This review has helped inform our thinking on it, we will put in place an ongoing wild dogs management group."

But Cabinet has rejected calls for a state-wide policy on bounties and knocked back any relaxation on the use of the 10-80 poison near towns.

But research has suggested baiting should be carried out more frequently in rural areas.

DPI Minister Tim Mulherin says that will be considered.

"In the past we’ve looked at the period April to June - the breeding season," he said.

"But what this is suggesting is that we probably do it in the summer months."