The Invasive Animals CRC has sponsored the appointment of a National Wild Dog Management facilitator, Mr Greg Mifsud.  Greg operates out of the Queensland Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries office at Toowoomba and can be contacted on (07) 4688 1333. 

Greg's responsibilities include:

• raising the profile of wild dog management across the country
• highlighting the imporance of integrated and strategic management of wild dogs on a regional and local scale
• document a series of successful and unsuccessful case studies for wild dog management
• highlight priority areas for management, research and dingo conservation
• promote the development of communication networks between wild dog management groups, managers and researchers within and across states
• identify current training programs for the control of vertebrate pests including wild dogs
• promote the development of a nationally-accredited training scheme which provides a standardised approach to vertebrate pest control across the country.

Progress 

Greg has met with industry groups in Queensland including Leading Sheep,  Agforce and HESROC (Burdekin, Charters Towers, Townsville, Hinchinbrook, Dalrymple and Thuringowa Regional Organisation of Councils) as well as attending various wild dog advisory group and local government meetings throughout Queensland and interstate.

The first integrated wild dog management plan using the nil-tenure approach was the Brindabella-Wee Jasper Cooperative Wild Dog/Fox Management Plan (www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/PDFs/brindabella_plan.PDF.  Greg will be using this as a model for developing similar plans in Queensland initially, working through our demonstration site.