Latest feral pig management advice at Hunter region workshops
20 Feb 2024
Hunter Local Land Services is encouraging landholders to attend one of five upcoming feral pig workshops to learn more about management tools and techniques for controlling this invasive pest.
The workshops will include practical demonstrations of different feral pig management tools and techniques, as well as presentations from experienced industry leader, David Worsley from Invasive Species Solutions and Hunter Local Land Services.
David will take participants through various control techniques, the feral pig lifecycle and seasonal behaviour and will finish with an important discussion about FMD and the role that feral pigs play.
Feral pig populations pose a major threat to agriculture by killing, harassing, or competing with livestock, spreading disease, and contributing to soil erosion. These pests also affect aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. Feral pigs are one of the most damaging pest animals in the Hunter region, impacting on primary production, the environment and general biosecurity,
David said of the workshops, “The impact feral pigs have to a landholder’s bottom line is considerable, so we all need to be working together to mitigate their impacts as much as possible and these workshops will help to give landholders the tools they need to do just that.”
Workshop locations and dates.
- Scone – 4 March
- Merriwa – 5 March
- Broke – 6 March
- Mt George – 7 March
- Barrington – 8 March
All workshops run 10.00 am to 3.00 pm and include lunch. More information about locations and how to register are available on the Hunter Local Land Services website Events page.
Local Land Services is currently delivering the Feral Pig Program 2023-24 on behalf of the NSW Government in response to widespread numbers of feral pigs across NSW.
More information about feral pigs, how to create a management plan and options for control are available here.