The gate into the National Park - including an electric fence, as warned by the small yellow sign. The electric fence apparently keeps wild dogs moving from the National Park into the private property surrounding it.
Hi Merrelyn - I guess they did at one stage but boy they are a problem now on the grazing and sheep properties up here. Most of them are cross bred dogs rather than true dingoes. many of them are huge and very aggressive. They have actually built a dog fence to keep them out of the areas closer to town. Farmers bait them so I guess they retreat into the NPs and breed there instead. :) @merrelyn
That was such an interesting question Merrelyn - it made me stop and think. I did a Google and found this document: https://parks.des.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0031/156964/op-pk-nrm-wild-dog-mgt.pdf
It also actually explains a lot with regard to how the NPs manage dingo numbers in the parks where they interact a lot with people. The concept of control methods being restricted to areas close to the perimeter made sense also.
This is for Qld only - I don't know how other states manage their parks.
Thanks for your interest. Cheers Rob @merrelyn
February 15th, 2022
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It also actually explains a lot with regard to how the NPs manage dingo numbers in the parks where they interact a lot with people. The concept of control methods being restricted to areas close to the perimeter made sense also.
This is for Qld only - I don't know how other states manage their parks.
Thanks for your interest. Cheers Rob
@merrelyn