Get help to protect your place

Services available

• Provision of feral cat trapping equipment
• Assistance to set-up and operate traps
• Humane euthanasia service.

Council programs protecting against feral cats

• Mary River turtle protection program (for residents in the Mary River catchment).

Further information and resources

• read more about why we need to protect against feral cat
• feral cat control fact sheet (PDF, 1.5MB)
• feral cat management video.

Services available

• On-site property assessments and advice on how to protect against feral deer
• Co-ordination of community control programs.

Council programs protecting against feral deer

• Feral deer program
• Mary River Turtle protection program (For residents in the Mary River catchment)

Further information and resources

• Read more about why we need to protect against feral deer
• Feral deer control fact sheet (PDF, 897KB)
• Feral deer management video

Services available

• On-site property assessments and advice on how to protect against feral pigs
• Provision of monitoring and trapping equipment (including set-up instruction)
• Co-ordination of neighbouring control programs.

Council programs protecting against feral pigs

• Mary River turtle protection program (for residents in the Mary River catchment).

Further information and resources

• read more about why we need to protect against feral pigs
• feral pig control fact sheet (PDF, 973KB)
• feral pig management video.

Services available

• On-site property assessments and advice on how to protect against foxes
• Provision of monitoring and trapping equipment (including set-up instruction)
• Humane euthanasia service
• Canid pest ejector service (note: available in limited areas only. Subject to strict risk assessment).

Council programs protecting against foxes

• Coastal fox control program
• Mary River turtle protection program (for residents in the Mary River catchment)

Further information and resources

• read more about why we need to protect against foxes.
• fox control assistance fact sheet (PDF, 2.2MB)
• fox proof your poultry fact sheet (PDF, 1.9MB)
• fox proof your poultry video
• fox management video.

Council does not require sightings to be reported but you can report sightings using MynaScan.

Services available

• Provision of Indian myna trapping equipment (including set-up instruction)
• Humane euthanasia options including provision of invasive bird euthanising bucket
• Coordination of neighbourhood control programs.

Further information and resources

• read more about why we need to protect against Indian mynas.
• Indian myna control handbook (PDF, 1MB)
• Indian myna bird fact sheet (DOCX, 3.2MB)
• Indian myna identification fact sheet (PDF, 469KB)
• Indian myna bird control video.

Services available

• On-site property assessments and advice on how to protect against wild dogs
• Provision of trapping and monitoring equipment (including set-up instruction)
• Humane euthanasia services
• Canid pest ejector services (note: available in limited areas only. Subject to strict risk assessment).

Council program protecting against wild dogs

• Community wild dog program
• Mary River turtle protection program (for residents in the Mary River catchment)
• Wild dog partnership program.

Further information and resources

• read more about why we need to protect against wild dogs
• wild dog control fact sheet (PDF, 347KB)
• wild dog management video
• watch the Wild Dogs: Animal Ethics vs Welfare & Wild Dog DNA Research webinar video.