FERAL PIG CULL
Update
August 2022
“To catch a pig, you have to think like a pig,” says pig culling master Rodney Rankin, who passed on his knowledge and helped remove 60 feral pigs at Yambulla this season.
August 2022
“To catch a pig, you have to think like a pig,” says pig culling master Rodney Rankin, who passed on his knowledge and helped remove 60 feral pigs at Yambulla this season.
Feral pigs (Sus scrofa) are one of the most destructive invasive species in this country inhabiting nearly half of Australia’s land mass. At Yambulla, feral pigs cause broadscale ecological damage. Culling them is integral to protecting Country and safeguarding future species and native foods like Murnong and Chocolate Lily.
It was a privilege to have feral pig expert and Local Health and Pest Authority Ranger Rodney Rankin as part of our team this season. Funded by National Parks, Rodney mentored Louis Convery in trapping pigs at Yambulla.
Rodney often says, “To catch a pig you have to think like a pig.” He developed a plan based on the history, movement and food source of pigs at Yambulla. Most pigs were found in our burnt plantation due to the availability of extra food and shelter in the regrowth after the Black Summer bushfires and following wet season.
Louis and Rodney placed food in this area and trapped the pigs before shooting them. In 3 weeks over July and August, Louis and Rodney killed 60 pigs.
If we are to protect this native landscape, controlling the pig population means ongoing intervention. So when the first frost hits, we head out in the Polaris, following uprooted earth pathways and try to think like a pig.
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“To catch a pig, you have to think like a pig,” says pig culling master Rodney Rankin, who passed on his knowledge and helped remove 60 feral pigs at Yambulla this season.
August 2022
“To catch a pig, you have to think like a pig,” says pig culling master Rodney Rankin, who passed on his knowledge and helped remove 60 feral pigs at Yambulla this season.
Feral pigs (Sus scrofa) are one of the most destructive invasive species in this country inhabiting nearly half of Australia’s land mass. At Yambulla, feral pigs cause broadscale ecological damage. Culling them is integral to protecting Country and safeguarding future species and native foods like Murnong and Chocolate Lily.
It was a privilege to have feral pig expert and Local Health and Pest Authority Ranger Rodney Rankin as part of our team this season. Funded by National Parks, Rodney mentored Louis Convery in trapping pigs at Yambulla.
Rodney often says, “To catch a pig you have to think like a pig.” He developed a plan based on the history, movement and food source of pigs at Yambulla. Most pigs were found in our burnt plantation due to the availability of extra food and shelter in the regrowth after the Black Summer bushfires and following wet season.
Louis and Rodney placed food in this area and trapped the pigs before shooting them. In 3 weeks over July and August, Louis and Rodney killed 60 pigs.
If we are to protect this native landscape, controlling the pig population means ongoing intervention. So when the first frost hits, we head out in the Polaris, following uprooted earth pathways and try to think like a pig.
