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A historical review of Australian aerial vertebrate pest control, targeting dingoes and wild dogs 1946 – 2019

Justine Philip
Journal: Australian Zoologist
Australian Zoologist (2020) 41 (3): 580–592.
https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2020.011
Published: 09 March 2020
... and meat industry. New technologies took advantage of skilled air force pilots, and the surplus of aircraft available post World War 2, to commence an inexpensive, sustained and landscape wide approach to pest management. Aerial baiting has continued to develop as a technology since this time. However...
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The Institutionalisation of Poison: A historical review of vertebrate pest control in Australia, 1814 to 2018

Justine Philip
Journal: Australian Zoologist
Australian Zoologist (2019) 40 (1): 129–139.
https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2018.025
Published: 01 January 2019
... of poison/poisoned baits applied. Campaigns were targeted towards an increasing number of declared species, and eventually the technology took to the sky in 1947. No region was then beyond the reach of the pest control agencies. Agricultural expansion in partnership with use of broadspectrum poisons has...
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Valued guest or vilified pest? How attitudes towards urban brushtail possums Trichosurus vulpecula fit into general perceptions of animals

By Sarah Wilks, Tracey Russell, Jutta Eymann
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 2008
10.7882/FS.2008.007
EISBN: 978-0-9803272-2-9
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Status report on Trachemys scripta elegans : pet terrapin or Australia's pest turtle?

By Shelley Burgin
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 2007
10.7882/FS.2007.003
EISBN: 978-0-9803272-1-2
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Pest or guest - some perspectives of abundant wildlife in Victoria

By Ian Temby
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 2007
10.7882/FS.2007.019
EISBN: 978-0-9803272-1-2
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The complex pest: interaction webs between pests and native species

By Chris R. Dickman
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 2007
10.7882/FS.2007.025
EISBN: 978-0-9803272-1-2
... Pests are often viewed as having consistently strong and negative effects on biodiversity values and agricultural productivity, especially if they have been introduced from elsewhere. However, pests do not necessarily have just negative impacts, and there is evidence that in some situations...
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Homo sapiens: Overabundant and the Ultimate Pest?

By A.R. Jones
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 2007
10.7882/FS.2007.031
EISBN: 978-0-9803272-1-2
... Pests are species that, when they become overabundant, have unacceptable effects on humans. Ironically, humans themselves have greatly increased their abundance in the last century. Although this increase, together with concomitant scientific and economic growth, has brought many benefits...
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Guest or pest? Animal rights activists at the 2005 Royal Zoological Society's annual forum

By Peter B. Banks
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 2007
10.7882/FS.2007.032
EISBN: 978-0-9803272-1-2
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Pest or Guest: the zoology of overabundance

By Daniel Lunney, Peggy Eby, Pat Hutchings, Shelley Burgin
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 2007
10.7882/FS.2007.033
EISBN: 978-0-9803272-1-2
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Pest or Guest: the cultural context of the zoology of overabundance

By Daniel Lunney, Peggy Eby, Pat Hutchings, Shelley Burgin
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 2007
10.7882/FS.2007.034
EISBN: 978-0-9803272-1-2
... In this chapter, our aim is to draw attention to common themes, look historically at the subject, and to consider the use of words, particularly “pest”, “abundant” and “overabundant”. One of the important points is to note that the word “pest” is a label that can categorise an animal in a way...
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Pest or Guest: The Zoology of Overabundance

Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 2007
10.7882/9780980327212
EISBN: 978-0-9803272-1-2
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Threat abatement plans: strategic pest management for biodiversity conservation

By Andrew Leys
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 2004
10.7882/FS.2004.062
EISBN: 0-9586085-9-8
... In Australia, invasive terrestrial pest species have been implicated in the decline of a number of threatened species. Under the NSW Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 , pest threats can be listed as Key Threatening Processes which require the preparation of Threat Abatement Plans...
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Pest, or Passenger Pigeon? The New South Wales Scientific Committee's assessment of the status of the Grey-headed Flying-fox

By Chris Dickman, Mike Fleming
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 2002
10.7882/FS.2002.030
EISBN: 978-0-9586085-4-1
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The Promises of Pests: Wildlife in Agricultural Landscapes

Emily O'Gorman, Thom van Dooren
Journal: Australian Zoologist
Australian Zoologist (2017) 39 (1): 81–84.
https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2016.023
Published: 01 December 2017
...Emily O'Gorman; Thom van Dooren ABSTRACT This paper explores the place of pest species in agricultural landscapes in Australia. Drawing on historical, ethnographic and philosophical research, we consider the very particular—reductive, utilitarian, monological—ways of understanding and valuing...
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Camera Trapping Technology and Related Advances: into the New Millennium

Paul D. Meek, Guy Ballard, Greg Falzon, Jaimen Williamson, Heath Milne ...
Journal: Australian Zoologist
Australian Zoologist (2020) 40 (3): 392–403.
https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2019.035
Published: 01 May 2020
... J.S. Fleming. a. Vertebrate Pest Research Unit, NSW Department of Primary Industries, PO Box 530, Coffs Harbour, NSW 2450, Australia. [email protected] b. Vertebrate Pest Research Unit, NSW Department of Primary Industries, , c/-University of New England, Armidale, NSW 2351, Australia. c.School...
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How long is a dingo's tale?: Impacts of sampling design on our understanding of dingo ecology

Guy Ballard, Peter J.S. Fleming, Paul D. Meek
Journal: Australian Zoologist
Australian Zoologist (2018) 39 (4): 581–590.
https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2018.034
Published: 01 December 2018
... 2017a; b; Morgan et al. 2017; White 2013). How long is a dingo s tale?: Impacts of sampling design on our understanding of dingo ecology Guy Ballard1,2, Peter J.S. Fleming2,3 and Paul D. Meek2,4 1Vertebrate Pest Research Unit, New South Wales Department of Primary Industries, Allingham Street, Armidale...
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There is no Dingo dilemma: legislation facilitates culling, containment and conservation of Dingoes in New South Wales

Peter J. S. Fleming, Guy Ballard, Nathan Cutter
Journal: Australian Zoologist
Australian Zoologist (2020) 41 (3): 408–416.
https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2020.035
Published: 16 October 2020
... exclosure policy regulation wild dog There is no Dingo dilemma: legislation facilitates culling, containment and conservation of Dingoes in New South Wales Peter J. S. Fleming1,2,3, Guy Ballard2,4 and Nathan Cutter5 1 Vertebrate Pest Research Unit, NSW Department of Primary Industries, Orange, New...
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The limits to our knowledge of introduced marine invertebrates

By Pat Hutchings
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 1999
10.7882/RZSNSW.1999.004
EISBN: 0-9586085-1-2
... Accidental introductions into the marine environment have been either by hull-fouling or ballast water. While a large number of species has been introduced accidently (more than 150 species are known), only a few are classified as pests. Four selected for discussion are the Seastar Asterias...
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Reconciling wild dog contol and dingo conservation under New South Wales legislation

By Eric O. Davis, Andrew R. Leys
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 2001
10.7882/FS.2001.015
EISBN: 978-0-9586085-2-7
... The Rural Lands Protection Act 1998 , unlike its legislative predecessor, requires the Crown to control pest animals declared under the Act. It establishes conditions that must be met before animals can be classified as pests and before pest animal control obligations can be introduced...
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Yes, killing is sometimes essential for conservation.

Peter J. S. Fleming, Guy Ballard
Journal: Australian Zoologist
Australian Zoologist (2019) 40 (1): 5–12.
https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2018.037
Published: 01 January 2019
..., Is killing essential for conservation? and an additional question, Should we kill in the name of conservation? (Bekoff Yes, killing is sometimes essential for conservation. Peter J. S. Fleming1,2 and Guy Ballard2,3 1Vertebrate Pest Research Unit, New South Wales Department of Primary Industries, Orange...
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