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The report

• Development of a model code of practice and standard operating procedures for the humane capture, handling or destruction of feral animals in Australia (PDF - 405 KB)

Code of practices

• Model Code of Practice for the Humane Control of Feral Cats (PDF - 282 KB)
• Model Code of Practice for the Humane Control of Feral Goats (PDF - 280 KB)
• Model Code of Practice for the Humane Control of Feral Horses (PDF - 283 KB)
• Model Code of Practice for the Humane Control of Feral Pigs (PDF - 146 KB)
• Model Code of Practice for the Humane Control of Foxes (PDF - 156 KB)
• Model Code of Practice for the Humane Control of Rabbits (PDF - 174 KB)
• Model Code of Practice for the Humane Control of Wild Dogs (PDF - 155 KB)

Standard Operating Procedures

• BIR001 Shooting of pest birds (PDF - 101 KB)
• BIR002 Trapping of pest birds (PDF - 109 KB)
• CAT001 Ground shooting of feral cats (PDF - 201 KB)
• CAT002 Trapping of feral cats using cage traps (PDF - 211 KB)
• CAT003 Trapping of feral cats using padded-jaw traps (PDF - 212 KB)
• DEE001 Ground shooting of feral deer (PDF - 208 KB)
• DOG001 Trapping of wild dogs using padded-jaw traps (PDF - 209 KB)
• DOG002 Trapping of wild dogs using cage traps (PDF - 185 KB)
• DOG003 Ground shooting of wild dogs (PDF - 183 KB)
• DOG004 Ground baiting of wild dogs with 1080 (PDF - 114 KB)
• DOG005 Aerial baiting of wild dogs with 1080 (PDF - 113 KB)
• FOX001 Ground baiting of foxes with 1080 (PDF - 116 KB)
• FOX002 Aerial baiting of foxes with 1080 (PDF - 105 KB)
• FOX003 Ground shooting of foxes (PDF - 173 KB)
• FOX004 Fumigation of fox dens using carbon monoxide (PDF - 136 KB)
• FOX005 Trapping of foxes using padded-jaw traps (PDF - 176 KB)
• FOX006 Trapping of foxes using cage traps (PDF - 173 KB)
• GEN001 Methods of euthanasia (PDF - 233 KB)
• GEN002 The care and management of dogs used in the control of pest animals (PDF - 357 KB)
• GOA001 Ground shooting of feral goats (PDF - 192 KB)
• GOA002 Aerial shooting of feral goats (PDF - 201 KB)
• GOA003 Mustering of feral goats (PDF - 95 KB)
• GOA004 Trapping of feral goats (PDF - 112 KB)
• GOA005 Use of Judas goats (PDF - 90 KB)
• HAR001 Ground shooting of hares (PDF - 180 KB)
• HOR001 Ground shooting of feral horses (PDF - 192 KB)
• HOR002 Aerial shooting of feral horses (PDF - 202 KB)
• HOR003 Mustering of feral horses (PDF - 212 KB)
• HOR004 Trapping of feral horses (PDF - 334 KB)
• PIG001 Trapping of feral pigs (PDF - 209 KB)
• PIG002 Aerial shooting of feral pigs (PDF - 221 KB)
• PIG003 Ground shooting of feral pigs (PDF - 214 KB)
• PIG004 Use of Judas pigs (PDF - 83 KB)
• PIG005 Poisoning of feral pigs with 1080 (PDF - 125 KB)
• RAB001 Inoculation of rabbits with Rabbit Haemorrhagic Disease Virus (RHDV) (PDF - 74 KB)
• RAB002 Ground baiting of rabbits with 1080 (PDF - 145 KB)
• RAB003 Aerial baiting with 1080 (PDF - 127 KB)
• RAB004 Ground baiting of rabbits with pindone (PDF - 101 KB)
• RAB005 Diffusion fumigation of rabbit warrens (PDF - 93 KB)
• RAB006 Rabbit warren destruction by ripping (PDF - 79 KB)
• RAB007 Rabbit warren destruction using explosives (PDF - 87 KB)
• RAB008 Trapping of rabbits using padded-jaw traps (PDF - 85 KB)
• RAB009 Ground shooting of rabbits (PDF - 188 KB)

About the report

The NSW Department of Primary Industries (formerly the NSW Department of Agriculture) was contracted by the Australian Government Department of the Environment and Heritage to undertake a Natural Heritage Trust project to develop Codes of Practice and Standard Operating Procedures for the humane capture, handling and destruction of feral animals.

The NSW Department of Primary Industries has undertaken public consultation, including with other State and Territory agencies, in preparing the Codes of Practice and Standard Operating Procedures. While the Codes and Procedures have not been adopted nationally by all jurisdictions, some of these organisations are adopting them wholly or in part for their own use.

See also

• More about invasive species
• More invasive species publications