Feral and pest animal control is a complex issue. A variety of methods are employed with varying degrees of success and a coordinated approach combining a number of methods is often required. However, ground shooting is a very precise way to remove targeted species in a humane way.
We provide dedicated, trained and accredited teams to deliver free (to land managers) ground-shooting programs, and are particularly suited to situations where:
- funds are limited or unavailable to otherwise support control
- target animal densities are low and shooting is uneconomical for land managers
- vegetation cover is too dense for effective aerial control
- target species are hard to locate
- target species are not susceptible to baiting
- the risk of killing off-target species using other methods is significant
- data needs to be collected on animals controlled
- research samples (e.g. stomach, genetic) are required
- high-frequency, repeat control activities are required or desirable
- ground shooting can complement other control methods