Wild dog baiting underway in massive drop on half the state

John Ellicott
September 20 2018 - 10:45am
A single aircraft will cover vast areas of western NSW as nearly 50,000 wild dog 1080 baits will be dropped in inaccessible areas over a two-week period in early October. It follows an extensive ground baiting program. It is a mammoth operation covering more than 20 million hectares.
A single aircraft will cover vast areas of western NSW as nearly 50,000 wild dog 1080 baits will be dropped in inaccessible areas over a two-week period in early October. It follows an extensive ground baiting program. It is a mammoth operation covering more than 20 million hectares.

A massive aerial baiting program of almost half of NSW is about to get underway as the wild dog problem moves inexorably south.

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John Ellicott

John Ellicott

senior journalist

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