
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Thompson, JA 
A1  - Fleming, PJS 
T1  - The Cost of Aerial Baiting for Wild Dog Management in North-Eastern New South Wales.
JF  - The Rangeland Journal
JO  - Rangel. J.
Y1  - 1991
VL  - 13
IS  - 1
SP  - 47
EP  - 56
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/RJ9910047 
N2  - Aerial baitjng for the management of wild dogs in north-eastern New South Wales is carried out in nine Rural Lands Protection Board districts covering coastal and tablelands environments. A survey of participants in the 1988 aerial baiting programme costed the total operation at $106,152. Labour ($36,418) and helicopter hiring charges ($35,693) accounted for over 70 per cent of the costs borne by local and regional control authorities. A total of 24,285 kg of meat (approx. 105,500 baits) valued at $21,018 was used. The average cost of the programme was $4.21 per kg of bait used. Total baiting costs can be accurately predicted from bait quantity. The cost, to individual producers, of aerial baiting for wild dogs, when compared with expected livestock losses without this form of management, suggests that aerial baiting is cost-beneficial. 
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