2007
PIGOUT® - the first shelf-stable reliably dosed feral pig
bait has been launched by Animal Control Technologies Ltd, with
support from the IA CRC.
Dr Glen Saunders, Program Leader of our Terrestrial Program has
won the 2007 Australian Wildlife Management Society 'Caughley'
award for excellence in wildlife management - a lifetime
achievement award of high standing. See our media release (right)
for more information.
CarpSim 2.0 - a software package for modelling the likely
outcomes from a range of management activities on carp
(Cyprinus carpio) populations in Australia - has been
delivered with support from the Invasive Animals CRC.
IA CRC partner organisation Pestat Pty Ltd has developed a
novel spray product - HopStop® - which humanely euthanizes cane
toads.
Pestat has also developed and registered FeralMone® - a
spray attractant that can assist with detection and management of
foxes and wild dogs. It is intended for use at sand plots,
bait stations and trap sites.
IA CRC partner Animal
Control Technologies Australia has successfully obtained
permits for the use of its RATTOFF® product to be used for
rodent control in teak plantations and banana plantations.
Andrew
Bengsen, an IA CRC PhD student, was awarded our inaugural Chief
Executive's Prize for achievement.
Dr Al Glen, an IA CRC Postdoctoral student, was the recipient of
the Chairman's Prize for excellence in science.
Mr Peter
West of NSW Department of Primary Industries received the
Participant's Prize for outstanding contribution to invasive animal
management.
2006
Professor Rick Shine, Project Leader within our Terrestrial
Program working at our partner organisation the University of
Sydney, has been awarded the 2006 Eureka prize for
Biodiversity Research, presented by the Australian Museum and Royal
Botanic Gardens.
