A wild dog fencing program is being overseen by the Remote Area Planning and Development Board on behalf of the Federal and State governments in order to bolster Queensland’s sheep population, which has fallen by over 70% in the past 5 years.
The growing wild dog problem coupled with a failure of traditional control methods means that expensive predator-proof exclusion fencing is now regarded as the only effective solution, with government expenditure set at around $7 million.
To qualify for the program, neighbouring farmers join together to form a cluster and exclusion fence their combined boundary.