Environment minister orders all dingoes to be removed from Pelorus Island, where they had been introduced to kill goats
An “inhumane” program that used surgically sterilised dingoes as a form of pest control for goats on a far north Queensland island has been shut down by the state government.
The Hinchinbrook shire council had decided to release dogs implanted with time-delayed poison pellets on Pelorus Island, north of Townsville, to kill baby goats as a form of pest control.
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Source: Guardian Environment