steamingutpiles 117 Posted April 5, 2007 Report Share Posted April 5, 2007 The following is an article in the "AGE" Newspaper Melbourne, Australia. An opportunity for UK hunters/trappers to fund a working holiday in OZ Foxlotto back as pests roam wider March 28, 2007 Other related coverage Dog, fox bounty set for blackened bush Hunters will get $50 per wild dog and $10 per fox under a $1 million Victorian government bounty scheme to remove the animals from bushfire-ravaged areas. But the Victorian Nationals say that won't be enough to protect stock and native wildlife from the animals as they roam for food. The program, expected to run for six months, will target increasing numbers of wild dogs and foxes seen after recent bushfires in Victoria's north-east, south-west and Gippsland areas, Agriculture Minister Joe Helper said. "Farmers are reporting an increase in the number of wild dogs and foxes roaming more widely in search of food due to the recent fires and this provides an opportunity to crack down," Mr Helper said. The Department of Primary Industries will provide the rewards. Nationals leader Peter Ryan said the bounty program should be extended across the whole state and the money matched by the Department of Sustainability and Environment (DSE). "It will descend into a farce if foxes shot just outside the fire-hit areas are not allowed to be included in the bounty program," Mr Ryan said. He said he had raised the bounty proposal with the Bushfire Ministerial Task Force two weeks ago and was pleased the government had taken his advice. Nationals agriculture spokesman Peter Walsh said that if the government was serious about removing the pests it would fund the bounty permanently. "The only good fox is a dead fox and the same applies to wild dogs, wherever they happen to live in Victoria," Mr Walsh said. He said providing an incentive for hunters to shoot the animals was a positive move. Mr Helper said he expected fewer dogs to be shot than foxes. "The higher rate for wild dogs is due to the fact they are less prevalent and more difficult to catch because they are mostly concentrated in difficult-to-access bush," Mr Helper said. "They also have a greater capacity to attack stock and cause significant heartache for individual farmers." The Bushfire Recovery Fox and Wild Dog Bounty Program is part of the government's multi-million dollar Bushfire Recovery Package to be unveiled soon. AAP Quote Link to post
victoria vixen 0 Posted April 8, 2007 Report Share Posted April 8, 2007 The following is an article in the "AGE" Newspaper Melbourne, Australia. An opportunity for UK hunters/trappers to fund a working holiday in OZ Foxlotto back as pests roam wider March 28, 2007 Other related coverage Dog, fox bounty set for blackened bush Hunters will get $50 per wild dog and $10 per fox under a $1 million Victorian government bounty scheme to remove the animals from bushfire-ravaged areas. But the Victorian Nationals say that won't be enough to protect stock and native wildlife from the animals as they roam for food. The program, expected to run for six months, will target increasing numbers of wild dogs and foxes seen after recent bushfires in Victoria's north-east, south-west and Gippsland areas, Agriculture Minister Joe Helper said. "Farmers are reporting an increase in the number of wild dogs and foxes roaming more widely in search of food due to the recent fires and this provides an opportunity to crack down," Mr Helper said. The Department of Primary Industries will provide the rewards. Nationals leader Peter Ryan said the bounty program should be extended across the whole state and the money matched by the Department of Sustainability and Environment (DSE). "It will descend into a farce if foxes shot just outside the fire-hit areas are not allowed to be included in the bounty program," Mr Ryan said. He said he had raised the bounty proposal with the Bushfire Ministerial Task Force two weeks ago and was pleased the government had taken his advice. Nationals agriculture spokesman Peter Walsh said that if the government was serious about removing the pests it would fund the bounty permanently. "The only good fox is a dead fox and the same applies to wild dogs, wherever they happen to live in Victoria," Mr Walsh said. He said providing an incentive for hunters to shoot the animals was a positive move. Mr Helper said he expected fewer dogs to be shot than foxes. "The higher rate for wild dogs is due to the fact they are less prevalent and more difficult to catch because they are mostly concentrated in difficult-to-access bush," Mr Helper said. "They also have a greater capacity to attack stock and cause significant heartache for individual farmers." The Bushfire Recovery Fox and Wild Dog Bounty Program is part of the government's multi-million dollar Bushfire Recovery Package to be unveiled soon. AAP Quote Link to post
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