A combination of drought, falling kangaroo quotas and skyrocketing red meat prices have left some wild dog management groups paying more than $6 a kilogram for kangaroo meat for their spring baiting campaigns.
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THE soaring price of kangaroo meat is forcing landholders across the country to use more targeted wild dog baiting programs. National Wild Dog Action Plan Management Coordinator Greg Mifsud said using the meat from large feral animal culling programs, such as deer, camels and donkeys, was being considered. "[We're] investigating options for utilising meat from these culling programs where they are accessible," Mr Mifsud said. "There is the possibility of using mobile processing capabilities to retrieve the carcases from more remote locations." "With ongoing droughts and the decline in the kangaroo harvesting industry, we have to become more savvy." The situation is quickly becoming a national issue, with feral animal management groups struggling to secure meat in Queensland, NSW, Victoria and SA. In south-west Queensland, Paroo Wild Dog Advisory Committee has been quoted $6.20 a kilogram for kangaroo meat for their October baiting program. The group's president, Peter Lucas, said ...
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