Thats correct Ceider the dingo fence runs between the states of New South Wales and Queensland for over a thousand kilometers, I beleive they still employ at least 1 trapper. I haven't been through the fence for a number of years.
It use to be a traditon that if you shot a wild dog then you either hung it on a fence or in a tree for the property owner to see, this verified the good work you were doing for him and always garanteed he would welcome you back. There use to be a bounty of 3 pounds on dingos many years ago when a weeks wage was about 1 pound for farming type employment
There are a number of other doco's about the problems wild dog cause here. In the Kosiosko National Park down south (in sheep Country) they come out and kill many hundreds of sheep yearly, I have seen up to 30 sheep killed and injured in one night in the same paddock. The Govt use to aerial bait in the National Parks,however they stopped it a few years ago and the farmers have been loosing the fight against the dogs ever since. In my area they still aerial bait with 1080 poison to try and control the problem, all it seems to do is kill young dogs and move the others on. The main killing dogs I don't think get caught, if they don't get a good dose or if the bait is old and they can throw it back up, they don't forget the smell.
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