Overview

The National Wild Dog Action Plan is Australia’s blueprint strategy for wild dog management that guides state, regional and local plans in accordance with principles of the Australian Pest Animal Strategy 2017-27. It promotes evidence-based, best practice tools and methods aimed at protecting agriculture, the environment and community well being. The plan: * Promotes national consistency and strategies to conduct safe, efficient and humane best practice wild dog management. * Provides national direction for wild dog policy development at the state and regional levels that support ongoing wild dog management. * Promotes industry and government cooperation, collaboration and investment to manage wild dogs and reduce their impacts on primary production, native wildlife and people. * Directs on-ground research to improve the effectiveness and humaneness of wild dog management techniques. * Delivers nationwide extension and capacity building programs to promote education and adoption of best practice principles. * Informs and advises governments, peak livestock industry councils, wildlife protection groups and other stakeholders on wild dog management issues. * Safeguards a coordinated, collaborative, community-driven approach to wild dog control focused on minimising negative impacts on livestock and biodiversity. * While it informs and guides best practice wild dog management, it is not directly involved in control programs.