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Feral Deer Control Kit for Victoria Launched

Feral deer are becoming an increasing problem on private land impacting agricultural production, gardens and native biodiversity and increasingly a road safety risk. To assist landowners to ...
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Counting the doe; feral deer could cost Victoria over $2 billion

A new independent report from Frontier Economics warns that not controlling the impacts of feral deer in Victoria could cost the community between $1.5 billion and $2.2 ...
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Peri Urban Deer Control Plan

DELWP has now released the Peri-urban Deer Control Plan 2021–26 to reduce the impact of deer across the peri-urban region east and north of Melbourne. The partnership ...
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Alps Deer Control Trials

Alpine peatlands are a nationally threatened ecological community (as listed in the EPBC Act). As you can see from the photo below of a sambar deer wallowing ...
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Survey of Landowners in North East Victoria

The Invasive Species Council is surveying people across Victoria to determine their views on the impact of feral deer, targeting landowners in particular. The survey ran recently ...
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Deer Free Sanctuary for The Prom?

Wilson's Promontory National Park is a remarkable place; its scenery and biodiversity values are outstanding, however the park is not immune from invasive feral animals such as ...
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Will feral deer remain protected species?

Victoria’s Wildlife Act (1975) covers a range of issues associated with protecting our wildlife, including protecting deer!  The definition of wildlife in the Act specifically includes “all ...
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Local Deer Control Networks

Feral deer typically live and move across a large landscape that may involve several properties. Actions of individual property owners and public land managers to control deer ...
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Fighting plagues and predators

A new report, Fighting plagues and predators: Australia’s path to a pest and weed-free future, says Australia is in the grip of an unprecedented attack on its native wildlife and environment ...
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Report on ecosystem decline in Victoria

A major parliamentary report on ecosystem decline in Victoria has been released after a lengthy investigation. The report investigated closely the situation with feral deer and ...
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Parks Victoria recommencing feral deer control

Parks Victoria, and in joint managed parks the Gunaikurnai Land and Waters Aboriginal Corporation, will continue coordinated deer and feral animal control programs in fire-affected areas across ...
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Report: Protecting Victoria’s Biodiversity

The Victorian Auditor-General’s Office (VAGO) has just released its investigation into how well the state’s biodiversity is managed and protected. The report is rather critical of the ...
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Deterrents to improve road safety

There are consistent and worrying reports of motor vehicle accidents caused by interactions with feral deer. To reduce the risk to motorists the Department of Environment, Land, ...
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The National Feral Deer Action Plan

The National Feral Deer Action Plan is being developed to taking an Australia wide approach to limit further spread of feral deer into new areas and reduce ...
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Implementing Victoria’s deer control strategy

Deer Control Strategy was released last year and included a commitment for the creation of a statewide deer advisory committee and the development of three regional deer ...
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Aerial surveys of deer – helicopters and drones

He was amazed at the number of deer identified along the transects they flew. The results indicated there are 15 deer per square kilometre, which is high! ...
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