Feral Pest Animal Control

04/06/2026

How using fox urine could help solve the problem: https://www.theland.com.au/story/9281047/

04/06/2026

We are currently free from serious animal diseases, like African swine fever. However, disease can spread onto your property in more ways than you think, from visitors, feral pigs and pests, to dirty gear, vehicles or contaminated feed.

The good news? Simple biosecurity steps make a big difference.
✅ Don’t feed food scraps to pigs (swill)
✅ Limit and manage visitors
✅ Clean and disinfect vehicles, equipment, clothing and footwear
✅ Keep pigs separated from feral pigs and other livestock
✅ Control pests, vermin and mosquitoes
✅ Monitor pig health and act quickly if something’s wrong

Strong biosecurity helps keep your pigs healthy and protects the wider industry.

Learn more and take action today by visiting the NSW Government website:
🔗 https://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/dpi/animals/pigs/pig-biosecurity-and-diseases/best-practice-biosecurity/pig-steps-to-keep-diseases-out

02/06/2026

Decent sized hare. Size 11 for comparison.

01/06/2026

If a mob of feral pigs came charging across the Opera House forecourt the way they do in the photo above, it would be a national emergency before lunchtime. Helicopters overhead, every news channel live on the scene, a minister at a podium promising whatever it takes to make it stop.

Out here, a mob like that is just another Tuesday.

There are somewhere between 13 and 24 million feral pigs in this country now, spread across nearly half the continent, and they cost our farmers more than $156 million a year. They tear through rice and wheat crops overnight, they kill newborn lambs in the paddock, and they foul the same rivers our towns and our stock rely on. Families across the Murray have been fighting this on their own for years, while the people who set the budgets have never had to so much as step around one.

And there is a reason this should worry every family in the city too. Feral pigs are the perfect carrier for foot and mouth disease and African swine fever, and a major foot and mouth outbreak is an $80 billion hit to the national economy that would slam our export markets shut overnight. The pigs trampling a crop in the bush are exactly the same biosecurity threat whether anyone in Sydney is watching or not.

So let's treat it like the emergency it already is. We need a properly funded, coordinated national feral pig program, not another glossy action plan that sits on a shelf while the herd breeds faster than anyone can cull it. The bush should not have to wait for the pigs to reach the Opera House steps before the rest of the country decides this matters.

26/05/2026

Not on the tools. 1.5 metres away. Will have a chat tomorrow.

22/05/2026

20/05/2026

Again, not law abiding firearm owners but actually prohibited from having fi****ms and illegal hunting.

Coffs men face multiple charges after hunting illegally at Yarrowyck | Two men are facing court and have had their home raided after police investigating alleged illegal hunting near Armidale laid a string of fi****ms charges.

Click the link in the comments to get the full story, paywall free. Really.

19/05/2026

With a gestation period of just under 4 months, sows can produce 2 litters per year, with up to 10-12 piglets each time 🐗

To reduce the feral pig population, we need to get ahead of the reproduction rate.

How?
The recipe for successful feral pig control includes:
🐗 Combining multiple control methods - baiting, trapping, shooting - for a more effective approach that targets different behaviours and covers more ground.
🐗 Follow up after initial control to maintain pressure. Another control program within 3 months is recommended.
🐗 Integrate control into farm operations - before lambing, crop maturity, or post-harvest. Use seasonal conditions to your advantage.
🐗 Work with neighbours across boundaries. Feral pigs don’t respect borders - neither should control programs.

Do you need advice on how to best tackle the numbers? Call your NSW Government biosecurity officer for tailored advice on 1300 795 299.

For practical tips on feral pig control- from signs to seasonal behaviour visit: https://bit.ly/3DZq0bX

NSW Farmers NSW Young Farmers Grains Research and Development Corporation

17/05/2026

Quick thermal and night vision rabbit, fox and pig reel.

16/05/2026

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-14/virus-release-to-control-rabbits-at-least-10-years-away/106641962

Feral rabbits are causing damage on farms and in towns, but biological control research has been delayed by funding woes.