
External Research
Complete e-books
- “Dog Owner’s Home Veterinary Handbook” (PDF) – Adelman (ed.) (2007).
- “Research Techniques in Animal Ecology: Controversies and Consequences” (PDF) – Boitani and Fuller (eds.) (2000)
- “Basic Analytical Toxicology” (PDF) – Flanagan et al. (1995)
- “Proctor and Hughes’ Chemical Hazards of the Workplace” (PDF) – Hathaway and Proctor (2004)
- “A Textbook of Modern Toxicology” (PDF) – Hodgson (ed.) (2004)
- “Toxicology: the Basic Science of Poisons” (PDF) – C D Klaassen (ed.) (2008)
- “Toxicological Chemistry and Biochemistry” (PDF) – Manahan (2003)
- “Poisoning and Drug Overdose” (PDF) – Olson (ed.) (2004)
- “Australia’s Pest Animals: New Solutions to Old Problems” (PDF) – Olsen (1998)
- “Veterinary Laboratory Users Guide” (PDF) – Queensland Government (2019)
- “Recognition and management of pesticide poisonings” (PDF) – Roberts and Reigart (2013)
- “Physician’s Guide to Pesticide Poisoning” (PDF) – Stevenson (1995)
- “Criminal Poisoning: Investigational Guide for Law Enforcement, Toxicologists, Forensic Scientists and Attorneys” (PDF) – Trestrail (2007)
- “Report of the Secretary’s Commission on Pesticides and Their Relationship to Environmental Health” (PDF) – US Department of Health, Education and Welfare (1969)
- “Managing Death Investigation” (PDF) – Westveer (1997)
- “Talking about 1080: risk, trust and protecting our place” (PDF) – Bidwell (2011)
- “Fluoroacetate (sodium fluoroacetate)” (PDF) – Bradberry and Vale in Bateman et al. (ed.) (2014)
- “An analysis of the importance of acute toxicity tests for pesticides in vertebrates” (PDF) – Brown (1977)
- “Mechanisms of toxicity” (PDF) – Chanda and Mehendale (2005)
- “Sodium monofluoroacetate (1080) hazards to fish, wildlife, and invertebrates: a synoptic review” (PDF) – Eisler (1995)
- “The toxicology and pharmacology of methyl fluoroacetate (MFA) in animals, with some notes on experimental therapy” (PDF) – Foss (1948)
- “Fluoroacetate” (PDF) – Goncharov et al. in Gupta (ed.) (2015)
- “Fluoroacetate toxicity” (PDF) – Gribble (1973)
- “The use of chemical pesticides by the Australian plantation forest industry” (PDF) – Jenkin and Tomkins (2006)
- “Neurotoxicity of chemicals commonly used in agriculture” (PDF) – Katz et al. in Lessenger (ed.) (2006)
- “How toxic 1080 selects its targets” (PDF) – King in Hughes (ed.) (1982)
- “Fate of dried meat baits aimed at wild dog (Canis familiaris) control” (PDF) – Kreplins et al. (2018)
- “Fluoroacetic acid and its derivatives” (PDF) – Krieger (2001)
- “The institutionalisation of poison: a historical review of vertebrate pest control in Australia, 1814 to 2018” (PDF) – Philip (2019)
- “Plague studies: control and prevention” (PDF) – Pollitzer (1953)
- “Sodium fluoroacetate poisoning” (PDF) – Proudfoot et al. (2006)
- “The development of 1080 for use for rabbit control in Tasmania” (PDF) – Statham (2005)
- “Computed tomography demonstration of brain damage due to acute sodium monofluoroacetate poisoning” (PDF) – Trabes et al. (1983)
- “Sodium fluoroacetate” (PDF) – United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) (1994)
- “Sodium fluoroacetate” (PDF) – Wallace (2005)
- “Policy implications of 1080 toxicology in New Zealand” (PDF) – Weaver (2003)
Biology
- “Why we really don’t care about the evidence in evidence-based decision making in conservation (and how to change this)” (PDF) – Blumstein in Bekoff (ed.) (2013)
- “Coping with uncertainty in wildlife biology” (PDF) – Murphy and Noon (1991)
- “How to study adaptation (and why to do it that way)” (PDF) – Olson and Arroyo-Santos (2015)
- “Wildlife science: gaining reliable knowledge” (PDF) – Romesburg (1981)
- “Science and practice of wildlife management” (PDF) – Sinclair (1991)
Core
- “Model codes for humane treatment of animals: Australian law and policy on lethal control of pests” (PDF) – S Riley (2015)
- “Is sodium fluoroacetate (1080) a humane poison?” (PDF) – M Sherley (2007)
- “In the spotlight – the welfare of introduced wild animals in Australia” (PDF) – D Thiriet (2007)
Complete e-books
- “Humane Wildlife Solutions” (PDF) – A T Rutberg (ed.) (2005)
Articles
- “A project that investigates current options for managing feral pigs in Australia and assesses the need for development of more effective and humane techniques and strategies” (PDF) – B Cowled et al. (2004)
- “A model for assessing the relative humaneness of pest animal control methods” (PDF) – T Sharp and G Saunders (2011)
- “Is sodium fluoroacetate (1080) a humane poison?” (PDF) – M Sherley (2007)
- “In the spotlight – the welfare of introduced wild animals in Australia” (PDF) – D Thiriet (2007)
- “Is sodium fluoroacetate (1080) a humane poison? The influence of mode of action, physiological effects, and target specificity” (PDF) – LE Twigg and RW Parker (2010)
Core
- “Solutions for achieving humane vertebrate pest control: proceedings of the 2003 RSPCA Australia scientific seminar” (PDF) – B Jones (ed.) (2003)
- “Killing Shrödingers feral cat” (PDF) – C Marks (2013)
- “Loving nature, killing nature and the crises of caring: an anthropological investigation of conflicts affecting feral pig management in Queensland, Australia” (PDF) – CS Meurk (2011)
- “In the spotlight – the welfare of introduced wild animals in Australia” (PDF) – D Thiriet (2007)
- “Maintaining ethical standards during conservation crises” (PDF) – R K Brook et al.
- “The welfare of vertebrate pests in relation to their management” (PDF) – D M Broom
- “Ethics in science: ecotoxicology” (PDF) – J Cairns
- “Shifting public values and what they mean for increasing democracy in wildlife management decisions” (PDF) – L M van Eeden et al.
- “The ethics of wildlife control in humanized landscapes” (PDF) – J Haidian et al.
- “Introduced species and the issue of animal welfare” (PDF) – M Hutchins et al.
- “Report on animal ethics issues in the application: evaluation and review report: reassessment of 1080 (HRE05002)” (PDF) – M Fisher
- “Solutions for achieving humane vertebrate pest control: proceedings of the 2003 RSPCA Australia scientific seminar” (PDF) – B Jones (ed.)
- “The role of ethical judgments related to wildlife fertility control” (PDF) – T B Lauber et al.
- “The behaviour, pathophysiology and pathology of brushtail possums (Trichosurus vulpecula) poisoned with 1080 or brodifacoum, and the implications for possum welfare” (PDF) – K E Littin
- “Strategic animal welfare issues: ethical and animal welfare issues arising from the killing of wildlife for disease control and environmental reasons” (PDF) – K E Littin and D J Mellor
- “When extinction becomes a heresy” (PDF) – C Marks (2008)
- “Model codes for humane treatment of animals: Australian law and policy on lethal control of pests” (PDF) – S Riley
- “Humane Wildlife Solutions” (PDF) – A T Rutberg (ed.) (complete e-book)
- “In the spotlight – the welfare of introduced wild animals in Australia” (PDF) – D Thiriet
- “Reconciling rights of individuals with rights of wild species” (PDF) – K U Karanth
- “A moral panic over cats” (PDF) – W S Lynn et al.
- “Killing Shrödingers feral cat” (PDF) – C Marks
Dingoes
- “A roadmap to meaningful dingo conservation” (PDF) – Allen et al. (2017)
- “The Australian dingo: untamed or feral?” (PDF) – Ballard and Wilson
- “The wayward dog: is the Australian native dog or Dingo a distinct species?” (PDF) – Jackson et al.
- “Aerial / ground baiting of canids to enhance red meat production” (PDF) – A Bengsen and S Humphrys
- “Pastoralists welcome dog control funds” (PDF) – J Bolsenbroek
- “Is the dingo top dog? The influence of dingo management on the behaviour of introduced carnivores in arid Australia, with implications for native fauna conservation” (PDF) – R L Brawata
- “Conservation implications for dingoes from the maternal and paternal genome: multiple populations, dog introgression, and demography” (PDF) – K M Cairns et al.
- “Elucidating biogeographical patterns in Australian native canids using genome wide SNPs” (PDF) – K M Cairns et al.
- “New insights on the history of canids in Oceania based on mitochondrial and nuclear data” (PDF) – K M Cairns and A N Wilton
- “Geographic hot spots of dingo genetic ancestry in southeastern Australia despite hybridisation with domestic dogs” (PDF) – Cairns et al.
- “The development of a policy for the management of dingo populations in South Australia” (PDF) – R J Downward and J E Bromell
- “A strategic approach to mitigating the impacts of wild canids: proposed activities of the Invasive Animals Cooperative Research Centre” (PDF) – P J S Fleming et al.
- “Enough dogma: seeking the middle ground on the role of dingoes” (PDF) – A S Glen
- “Dingo dualisms: exploring the ambiguous identity of Australian dingoes” (PDF) – K F Hytten
- “Fate of dried meat baits aimed at wild dog (Canis familiaris) control” (PDF) – T L Kreplins et al.
- “A review of the impact of sheep predators in Australia and new control methods under development” (PDF) – S Lapidge et al.
- “‘Taking stock of taking control’: a review of the impact of the 2005 House of Representatives Standing Committee on Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Report ‘Taking Control: a national approach to pest animals'” (PDF) – P M Marshall
- “Playing for sheep stations: a discourse analysis of wild dog management and control policy in New South Wales, Australia” (PDF) – P M Marshall
- “A field guide to poison-baiting: wild dogs and foxes” (PDF) – G Mifsud
- “Resolving the value of the dingo in ecological restoration” (PDF) – T M Newsome et al.
- “Dingoes and dog-whistling: a cultural politics of race and species in Australia” (PDF) – F Probyn-Rapsey
- DOGCOP: Model code of practice for the humane control of wild dogs (PDF) – T Sharp and G Saunders
- “Taxonomic status of the Australian dingo: the case for Canis dingo Meyer, 1793″ (PDF) – B P Smith et al
- “The dogma of dingoes – taxonomic status of the dingo: a reply to Smith et al” (PDF) – S M Jackson et al.
- “Rarity of a top predator triggers continent-wide collapse of mammal prey: dingoes and marsupials in Australia” (PDF) – C N Johnson et al.
- “Top predators as biodiversity regulators: the dingo Canis lupus dingo as a case study” (PDF) – M Letnic et al.
- “Eradicating adundant invasive prey could cause unexpected and varied biodiversity outcomes: the importance of multispecies interactions” (PDF) – M Lurgi et al.
- “How I would kill dogs” (PDF) – C Olsson
- “Can farmers live with dingoes?” (PDF) – M Sabto
- “Reviving ecological functioning through dingo restoration” (PDF) – A D Wallach
- “Cattle mortality on a predator-friendly station in central Australia” (PDF) – A D Wallach et al.
- “Predator control promotes invasive dominated ecological states” (PDF) – A D Wallach et al.
Cats
- “Field trial to compare baiting efficacy of Eradicat and Curiosity baits” (PDF) – D Algar et al.
- “New tools for fighting ferals” (PDF) – D Algar et al.
- “Threat Abatement Plan for predation by feral cats” (PDF) – Australian Government Department of the Environment
- “Risk of FeraCol baits to non-target invertebrates, native skinks, and weka” (PDF) – L H Booth et al.
- “Will Curiosity kill the cat? Technoscience and free living cats ‘down under'” (PDF) – G Bunyak
- “Impacts and management of feral cats Felis catus in Australia” (PDF) – T S Doherty et al.
- “Feral cat eradication on a Barrier Reef island, Australia” (PDF) – S Domm and J Messersmith
- “Aerial baiting trials for feral cats: Arid Recovery Project, Roxby Downs” (PDF) – B Galbraith
- “New plans for new poisons: bad news for feral cats and wildlife” (PDF) – A Jablonski (p.3)
- “A moral panic over cats” (PDF) – W S Lynn et al.
- “Killing Shrödingers feral cat” (PDF) – C Marks
- “Baits and baiting strategies for multi-species pest control and feral cats” (PDF) – D R Morgan et al.
- “Control and eradication of feral cats: field trials of a new toxin” (PDF) – A C Murphy et al.
- “Developing a new toxin for potential control of feral cats, stoats and wild dogs in New Zealand” (PDF) – E C Murphy et al.
- “A review of feral cat eradication on islands” (PDF) – M Nogales et al.
- “Feasibility of eradication or options for control of feral cats on Bruny Island, Tasmania” (PDF) – J Parkes
- “Toxic Trojans: can feral cat predation be mitigated by making their prey poisonous?” (PDF) – J L Read et al.
- “The changing legal status of cats in Australia: from friend of the settlers, to enemy of the rabbit, and now a threat to biodiversity and biosecurity risk” (PDF) – S Riley
- CATCOP: Model code of practice for the humane control of feral cats (PDF) – T Sharp and G Saunders
- “Eradication of feral cats (Felis catus) from Gabo Island, south-east Victoria” (PDF) – K L Twyford
- “Development and evaluation of baits for feral cat control” (PDF) – M Wickstrom et al.
Foxes
- “Minimising native non-target uptake of 1080 fox baits” (PDF) – S E Allsop
- “First in, first served: uptake of 1080 poison fox baits in south-west Western Australia” (PDF) – S J Dundas, P J Adams and P A Fleming
- “Bait uptake by free living brush-tailed phascogales (Phascogale tapoatafa) and other non-target mammals during simulated buried fox baiting” (PDF) – D Fairbridge et al.
- “Fox control and 1080 baiting conundrums: time to prepare for a CRISPR solution” (PDF) – J E Kinnear
- “Impact of fox baiting on tiger quoll populations” (PDF) – G Körtner and S Gresser
- “Did ‘precautionary’ 1080 baiting have a realistic potential to eradicate Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) in Tasmania without in situ monitoring data?” (PDF) – C A Marks et al.
- “Glovebox guide for managing foxes” (PDF) – L McLeod
- “A field guide to poison-baiting: wild dogs and foxes” (PDF) – G Mifsud
- “Report on Inquiry into the Efficiency and Effectiveness of the Fox Eradication Program in Tasmania” (PDF) – Parliament of Tasmania
- FOXCOP: Model code of practice for the humane control of foxes (PDF) – T Sharp and G Saunders
- “The wily and courageous red fox: behavioural analysis of a mesopredator at resource points shared by an apex predator” (PDF) – E Wooster et al.
Goats
Pigs
- “A project that investigates current options for managing feral pigs in Australia and assesses the need for development of more effective and humane techniques and strategies” (PDF) – B Cowled et al.
- “Loving nature, killing nature and the crises of caring: an anthropological investigation of conflicts affecting feral pig management in Queensland, Australia” (PDF) – C S Meurk
- PIGCOP: Model code of practice for the humane control of feral pigs (PDF) – T Sharp and G Saunders
Rabbits
Natives
- “Minimising native non-target uptake of 1080 fox baits” (PDF) – S E Allsop
- “Sensitivity of some Australian animals to sodium fluoroacetate (1080): additional species and populations, and some ecological considerations” (PDF) – L E Twigg et al.
- “Susceptibility of Bush Stone-curlews (Burhinus grallarius) to sodium fluoroacetate (1080) poisoning” (PDF) – G Johnston and P McCarthy
- “The immediate impact of 1080 aerial baiting to control wild dogs on a spotted-tailed quoll population” (PDF) – G Körtner and P Watson
- “The reaction of Sminthopsis crassicaudata to meat baits containing 1080: implications for assessing risk to non-target species” (PDF) – R G Sinclair and P L Bird
Sheep and Lambs
- “Starvation/mismothering: a major cause of lambing losses” – S M Dennis (PDF)
- “Identifying Lamb Losses” – Meat and Livestock Australia (PDF)
Humans
- “Australian clinical guidelines for acute exposures to chemical agents of health concern: a guide for the Emergency Department staff” (PDF) – Australian Government Department of Health
- “Report on the control of chemicals of security concern” (PDF) – Australian Government Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
- “Sodium fluoroacetate (1080): assessment of occupational exposures and selection of a provisional biological exposure index” (PDF) – M Beasley et al.
- “Fluoroacetate poisoning: a review and report of a case” (PDF) – D Carleton Gaydusek and G Luther
- “Experiences with sodium fluoroacetarte (1080) poisoning and the use of acetamide as an antidote” (PDF) – O Chan
- “Clinical presentation and prognostic factors in sodium monofluoroacetate intoxication” (PDF) – C Chi et al.
- “An outbreak of severe rodenticide poisoning in North Vietnam caused by illegal fluoroacetate” (PDF) – J Höjer et al.
- “Toxic soluble waste disposal in a sanitary landfill site draining to an urban water supply” (PDF) – C J Johnson
- “‘Ten-Eighty’: A war-produced rodenticide” (PDF) – E R Kalmbach
- “Clinical profile and outcomes of rodenticide poisoning in tertiary care hospital” (PDF) – M Nalabothu et al.
- “Sodium fluoroacetate poisoning: a report of a case” (PDF) – J R Reigart, J L Brueggeman and J E Keil
- “Computed tomography demonstration of brain damage due to acute sodium monofluoroacetate poisoning” (PDF) – J Trabes et al. (1983)
- “USACEHR Technical Report 0802” (PDF) – United States Army Center for Environmental Health Research
- “Addition of Certain Chemicals, Toxic Chemical Release Reporting, Community Right-to-Know, Proposed Rule” (PDF) – United States Environmental Protection Agency
Birds
- “Corvid interference with Canid Pest Ejectors in the southern rangelands of Western Australia” (PDF) – T L Kreplins et al.
Bees
- “Poisoning of honey bees (Apis mellifera) by sodium fluoroacetate (1080) in baits” (PDF) – R M Goodwin and A Ten Houten
Australian studies
- “Minimising native non-target uptake of 1080 fox baits” (PDF) – S E Allsop
- “Assessing risks to non-target species during poison baiting programs for feral cats” (PDF) – T Buckmaster et al.
- “Impact of wildfire on the spotted-tailed quoll Dasyurus maculatus in Kosciuszko National Park” – J P Dawson
- “First in, first served: uptake of 1080 poison fox baits in south-west Western Australia” (PDF) – S J Dundas, P J Adams and P A Fleming
- “The persistence and secondary poisoning risks of sodium monofluoroacetate (1080), Brodifacoum, and Cholecalciferol in possums” (PDF) – C T Eason et al.
- “Sodium monofluoroacetate (1080) hazards to fish, wildlife, and invertebrates: a synoptic review” (PDF) – R Eisler
- “Bait uptake by free living brush-tailed phascogales (Phascogale tapoatafa) and other non-target mammals during simulated buried fox baiting” (PDF) – D Fairbridge et al.
- “Impact of fox baiting on tiger quoll populations” (PDF) – G Körtner and S Gresser
- “Impact of 1080 baiting on Spotted-tailed Quoll populations in the New England Tablelands: research projects conducted by the Vertebrate Pest Unit, DEC” (PDF) – G Körtner and B Harden
- “Corvid interference with Canid Pest Ejectors in the southern rangelands of Western Australia” (PDF) – T L Kreplins et al.
- “The behaviour, pathophysiology and pathology of brushtail possums (Trichosurus vulpecula) poisoned with 1080 or brodifacoum, and the implications for possum welfare” (PDF) – K E Littin
- “The effect on Australian animals of 1080-poisoning campaigns” (PDF) – J C McIlroy (1992)
- “Impacts of aerial application of 1080 on non-target native fauna: review and priorities for research” (PDF) – E B Spurr and R G Powlesland
- “The devil undone: the science and politics of Tasmanian Devil facial tumour disease” (PDF) – J V Warren
New Zealand studies
- “Effects of the aerial application of 1080 to control pest mammals on kea reproductive success” (PDF) – J R Kemp et al.
- “Kea (Nestor notabilis) survivorship through a 1080 operation using cereal baits containing the bird repellent d-pulegone at Otira, central Westland” (PDF) – P van Klink and M Crowell
- “Secondary poisoning of stoats after an aerial 1080 poison operation in Pureora Forest, New Zealand” (PDF) – E C Murphy et al.
- “Consumption of baits containing sodium fluoroacetate (1080) by the New Zealand freshwater crayfish (Paranephrops planifrons)” (PDF) – A M Suren et al.
International studies
- “Aerial / ground baiting of canids to enhance red meat production” (PDF) – A Bengsen and S Humphrys
- “Guideline for sampling and testing of water associated with monitoring of aerial baiting operations” (PDF) – L H Booth and G R G Wright
- “Effects of the aerial application of 1080 to control pest mammals on kea reproductive success” (PDF) – J R Kemp et al.
- “An aerial method of dispensing ground squirrel bait” (PDF) – R E Marsh
- “Secondary poisoning of stoats after an aerial 1080 poison operation in Pureora Forest, New Zealand” (PDF) – E C Murphy et al.
- “A critical look at aerial-dropped, poison-laced food in New Zealand’s forest ecosystems” (PDF) – A M Pietak
- “Impacts of aerial application of 1080 on non-target native fauna: review and priorities for research” (PDF) – E B Spurr and R G Powlesland
- “A scoping study characterising dust drift from aerial application of 1080” (PDF) – L Wickham and P Baynham
“Eradicat” and “Curiosity” baits
- “Field trial to compare baiting efficacy of Eradicat and Curiosity baits” (PDF) – D Algar et al.
- “New tools for fighting ferals” (PDF) – D Algar et al.
- “Will Curiosity kill the cat? Technoscience and free living cats ‘down under'” (PDF) – G Bunyak
- “Field efficacy of the Curiosity feral cat bait on three Australian islands” (PDF) – M Johnston et al.
Oats
PAPP
- “PAPP: a new vertebrate pesticide; briefing note to practicing veterinarians and veterinary lecturers” (PDF) – Animal Control Technologies (Australia) Pty. Ltd.
- “DOGGABAIT: PAPP wild dog bait” (PDF) – Animal Control Technologies (Australia) Pty. Ltd.
- “Safety data sheet: FOXECUTE fox bait” (PDF) – Animal Control Technologies (Australia) Pty. Ltd.
- “Directions for the use of 1080 and PAPP pest animal bait products in Victoria” (PDF) – Agriculture Victoria
- “A review of the impact of sheep predators in Australia and new control methods under development” (PDF) – S Lapidge et al.
- “Control and eradication of feral cats: field trials of a new toxin” (PDF) – A C Murphy et al.
- “Developing a new toxin for potential control of feral cats, stoats and wild dogs in New Zealand” (PDF) – E C Murphy et al.
CPEs / M44s
- “Petition for suspension and cancellation of M-44 sodium cyanide capsules and sodium fluoroacetate livestock protection collars” (PDF)
- “Canid Pest Ejector 1080 Fox Capsules” (PDF) – Animal Control Technologies (Australia) Pty. Ltd.
- “Material safety data sheet: Canid Pest Ejector 1080 capsules” (PDF) – Animal Control Technologies (Australia) Pty. Ltd.
- “Application Summary for Application No 61260” (PDF) – Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA)
- “What are ejectors?” (PDF) – Friends of the Brush-tailed Rock-wallaby
- “Corvid interference with Canid Pest Ejectors in the southern rangelands of Western Australia” (PDF) – T L Kreplins et al.
- “Review and results of sodium cyanide spring loaded ejector mechanism (SCSLEM) experimental programs” (PDF) – R W Matheny
- “Predator damage control: 1980 to 1986” (PDF) – D A Wade
“Felixer” traps
- “Preliminary findings of the Felixer grooming traps ‘toxic’ trial (PDF) – Government of South Australia
- “How the Felixer works” (PDF) – Roy Hill Pty. Ltd.
Toxic “Trojan” baits
- “Toxic Trojans: can feral cat predation be mitigated by making their prey poisonous?” (PDF) – J L Read et al.
- “Social acceptability of the trojan female technique for biological control of pests” (PDF) – R Wilkinson and G Fitzgerald
Livestock Protection Collars (LPCs)
Core
- “International consensus principles for ethical wildlife control” (PDF) – S Dubois et al.
- “Rarity of a top predator triggers continent-wide collapse of mammal prey: dingoes and marsupials in Australia” (PDF) – C N Johnson et al.
- “Measuring the effects of wildlife contraception: the argument for comparing apples with oranges” (PDF) – J F Kirkpatrick
- “Why Namibian farmers are satisfied with the performance of their livestock guardian dogs” (PDF) – G C Potgieter et al.
- “Reviving ecological functioning through dingo restoration” (PDF) – A D Wallach
- “Predator control promotes invasive dominated ecological states” (PDF) – A D Wallach et al.
General
- “Technical note on non-lethal measures to eradicate or manage vertebrates included in the list of IAS of Union Concern” (PDF)
- “Why we really don’t care about the evidence in evidence-based decision making in conservation (and how to change this)” (PDF) – D T Blumstein
- “A review of operations research models in invasive species management: state of the art, challenges, and future directions” (PDF) – I E Büyüktahtakin and R G Haight
- “International consensus principles for ethical wildlife control” (PDF) – S Dubois et al.
- “Humane Wildlife Solutions” (PDF) – A T Rutberg (ed.) (complete e-book)
Livestock Guardian Animals
- “Non-lethal methods to mitigate farmers large carnivore conflicts” (PDF) – D Atmojo
- “Guardian dogs will protect livestock – but a new understanding is needed” (PDF) – C Benjamin
- “A survey of farmers’ experience using guard animals to control the impact of predators on farm livestock” (PDF) – J Botha
- “Is predator control going to the dogs?” (PDF) – J S Green and R A Woodruff
- “Rehabilitating Rover” (PDF) – J Helmer
- “A livestock guardian dog by any other name: similar response to wolves across livestock guardian dog breeds” (PDF) – D Kinka and J K Young
- “Reduction in livestock losses following placement of livestock guardian dogs and the impact of herd species and dog sex” (PDF) – S Leijenaar et al.
- “Causes and economic effects of mortality in livestock guarding dogs” (PDF) – J R Lorenz et al.
- “Using guard animals to protect livestock” (PDF) – Missouri Department of Conservation (USA)
- “Coexistence among livestock, people and wolves: a rancher’s guide” (PDF) – S Parr and J Coleshill
- “Why Namibian farmers are satisfied with the performance of their livestock guardian dogs” (PDF) – G C Potgieter et al.
- “The use of guard llamas to protect sheep from coyote predation” (PDF) – K J Powell
- “Guardian dogs for livestock protection in Australia” (PDF) – L van Bommel
- “Managing conflict between large carnivores and livestock” (PDF) – L M van Eeden et al.
- “Carnivore conservation needs evidence-based livestock protection” (PDF) – L M van Eeden et al.
- “Livestock protection dogs for deterring deer from cattle and feed” (PDF) – K C Vercauteren et al.
Genes
- “Trialling gene drives to control invasive species: what, where and how?” (PDF) – T Harvey-Samuel et al.
- “Fox control and 1080 baiting conundrums: time to prepare for a CRISPR solution” (PDF) – J E Kinnear
- “The use of gene editing to create gene drives for pest control in New Zealand” (PDF) – Royal Society Te Apārangi (NZ)
Fertility Control and Contraceptives
- “Contraception and fertility control in dogs and cats” (PDF) – Alliance for Contraception in Cats and Dogs (complete e-book)
- “Potential use of contraception for managing wildlife pests in Australia” (PDF) – A Bomford and P O’Brien
- “Pigs gone wild: researchers focus on oral contraceptive vaccine to control invasive species” (PDF) – J Creamer
- “Modelling the eradication of invasive mammals using the sterile male technique” (PDF) – A G da Silva et al.
- “Contraceptive technologies for use in wildlife population and disease management” (PDF) – D Eckery
- “Measuring the effects of wildlife contraception: the argument for comparing apples with oranges” (PDF) – J F Kirkpatrick
- “Fertility control in animals” (PDF) – J F Kirkpatrick and A T Rutberg
- “A review of chemical, biological and fertility control options for the camel in Australia” (PDF) – S J Lapidge et al.
- “The role of ethical judgments related to wildlife fertility control” (PDF) – T B Lauber et al.
- “Humane Wildlife Solutions” (PDF) – A T Rutberg (ed.) (complete e-book)
- “Solutions through science: using fertility control to manage wildlife populations and disease” (PDF) – USDA
- “Fertility control of eastern grey kangaroos in the ACT: assessing efficacy of a dart-delivered immunocontraceptive vaccine” (PDF) – C Wimpenny and L A Hinds
Predator-friendly Practices
- “Livestock predation and its management in South Africa: a scientific assessment” (PDF) – G Kerley et al. (eds.)
- “Eradicating adundant invasive prey could cause unexpected and varied biodiversity outcomes: the importance of multispecies interactions” (PDF) – M Lurgi et al.
- “Rarity of a top predator triggers continent-wide collapse of mammal prey: dingoes and marsupials in Australia” (PDF) – C N Johnson et al.
- “Managing conflict between large carnivores and livestock” (PDF) – L M van Eeden et al.
- “Reviving ecological functioning through dingo restoration” (PDF) – A D Wallach
- “Cattle mortality on a predator-friendly station in central Australia” (PDF) – A D Wallach et al.
- “Threatened species indicate hot-spots of top-down regulation” (PDF) – A D Wallach and A J O’Neill
- “Novel trophic cascades: apex predators enable coexistence” (PDF) – A D Wallach et al.
- “Promoting predators and compassionate conservation” (PDF) – A D Wallach et al.
- “Predator control promotes invasive dominated ecological states” (PDF) – A D Wallach et al.
- “More than mere numbers: the impact of lethal control on the social stability of a top-order predator” (PDF) – A D Wallach et al.
Technology
Misc
- “Nomination Form for listing a key threatening process under the Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act): 1080″ (PDF)
- “Petition to issue a notice of intent to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to cancel the registration of Compound 1080 (sodium fluoroacetate)” (PDF) – Animal Welfare Institute, Animal Legal Defense Fund, Center for Biological Diversity, Project Coyote and Predator Defense
Core
- “The importance of Earth jurisprudence, compassionate conservation and personal rewilding” (PDF) – M Bekoff
- “Ignoring nature: why we do it, the dire consequences, and the need for a paradigm shift to save animals, habitats and ourselves” (PDF) – M Bekoff and S M Bexell
Compassionate Conservation Theory and Principles
- “Compassionate conservation, where to from here?” (PDF) – D Ben-Ami
- “Cautionary wildlife tales: learning to fail or failing to learn?” (PDF) – J Berger
- “Why we really don’t care about the evidence in evidence-based decision making in conservation (and how to change this)” (PDF) – D T Blumstein
- “Guest species: rethinking our approach to biodiversity in the Anthropocene” (PDF) – K Börk
- “Conservation, animal rights and human welfare: a pragmatic view of the ‘bushmeat crisis'” (PDF) – B A Minteer
- “Fostering compassionate conservation and coexistence between people and wildlife through advocacy, education and science” (PDF) – Project Coyote (USA)
- “Listening to nature’s voice: invasive species, Earth jurisprudence and compassionate conservation” (PDF) – S Riley
- “Venturing beyond the tyranny of small differences: the animal protection movement, conservation and environmental education” (PDF) – P Waldau
- “Bettongs and bantengs: welcome to Australia’s wild Anthropocene!” (PDF) – A Wallach
- “Promoting predators and compassionate conservation” (PDF) – A D Wallach et al.
Coexistence theory and principles
- “Living with wildlife: coexistence tools and techniques” (PDF) – Defenders of Wildlife (2013)
- “From conflict to coexistence? Insights from multi-disciplinary research into the relationship between people, large carnivores and institutions” (PDF) – J D C Linnell (2013)
- “Co-adaption is key to coexisting with large carnivores” (PDF) – N H Carter and J D C Linnell (2016)
- “Human-wildlife conflict and coexistence” (PDF) – P J Nyhus (2016)
- “Human-wildlife coexistence in a changing world” (PDF) – H J König et al. (2020)
National Wild Dog Action Plan (NWDAP)
NWDAP Documents
- “Letter to Senator Hinch (2018)” (PDF)
- “Exposure draft – August 2013” (PDF)
- “National Wild Dog Action Plan: May 2014” (PDF)
- “A review and impact assessment of the National Wild Dog Action Plan (Stage 3) (2019)” (PDF) – T Hardaker and P Chudleigh
- “A field guide to poison-baiting: wild dogs and foxes” (PDF) – G Mifsud
External Coverage
- “Pastoralists welcome dog control funds” (PDF) – J Bolsenbroek
- “How I would kill dogs” (PDF) – C Olsson
Invasive Animals CRC
Annual Reports
Studies
- “Scoping study: training and capacity building in vertebrate pest management” (PDF) – M Brown and C Munckton
- “Guidelines for preparing a working plan to manage wild dogs” (PDF) – Invasive Animals CRC, NSW Department of Primary Industries, ABARES and Australian Wool Innovation Ltd
- “A strategic approach to mitigating the impacts of wild canids: proposed activities of the Invasive Animals Cooperative Research Centre” (PDF) – P J S Fleming et al.
Animal Control Technologies (Australia) Pty. Ltd.
Federal
- Biological Control Act 1984 (PDF)
- Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Administration) Act 1992 (PDF)
- Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Act 1994 (PDF)
- Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Act 1994 (PDF)
- Agricultural and Veterinary Chemical Products (Collection of Levy) Act 1994 (PDF)
- Agricultural and Veterinary Chemical Products (Collection of Levy) Regulations 1995 (PDF)
- Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Administration) Regulations 1995 (PDF)
- Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Regulations 1999 (PDF)
- Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999: Vol. 1 (PDF)
- Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999: Vol. 2 (PDF)
- Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code (Manufacturing Principles) Determination 2014 (PDF)
- Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code (Efficacy Criteria) Determination 2014 (PDF)
- Biosecurity (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Act 2015 (PDF)
- Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Ingredient Determination 2015 (PDF)
State
General
Australian Capital Territory
- Animal Welfare Act 1992 (PDF)
- Animal Welfare Amendment Act 2016 (PDF)
- Environment Protection Act 1997 (PDF)
- Pest Plants and Animals Act 2005 (PDF)
- Nature Conservation Act 2014 (PDF)
New South Wales
- Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 (PDF)
- Border Fence Maintenance Act 1921 (PDF)
- Game and Feral Animal Control Act 2002 (PDF)
- Local Land Services Act 2013 (PDF)
- National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 (PDF)
- Pesticides Act 1999 (PDF)
- Pesticides Regulation 2017 (PDF)
- Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 1966 (PDF)
- Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1979 (PDF)
- Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Regulations 2012 (PDF)
Victoria
- Catchment and Land Protection Act 1994 (PDF)
- Conservation, Forests and Lands Act 1987 (PDF)
- Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981 (PDF)
- Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 (PDF)
- Forests Act 1958 (PDF)
- National Parks Act 1975 (PDF)
- Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1986 (PDF)
- Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Regulations 2019 (PDF)
- Wildlife Act 1975 (PDF)
Queensland
- Animal Care and Protection Act 2001 (PDF)
- Biosecurity Act 2014 (PDF)
- Criminal Code Act 1899 (PDF)
- Health Act 1937 (PDF)
- Health (Drugs and Poisons) Regulation 1996 (PDF)
- Land Protection (Pest and Stock Route Management) Act 2002 (PDF)
- Nature Conservation Act 1992 (PDF)
- Pest Management Act 2001 (PDF)
- Pest Management Regulation 2003 (PDF)
Western Australia
- Health Act 1911 (PDF)
- Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1911 (PDF)
- Poisons Act 1964 (PDF)
- Agriculture and Related Resources Protection Act 1976 (PDF)
- Biological Control Act 1986 (PDF)
- Animal Welfare Act 2002 (PDF)
- Biosecurity and Agriculture Management Act 2007 (PDF)
- Health (Pesticides) Regulations 2011 (PDF)
South Australia
- Dog Fence Act 1946 (PDF)
- National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 (PDF)
- Controlled Substances Act 1984 (PDF)
- Animal Welfare Act 1985 (PDF)
- Agricultural and Veterinary Products (Control of Use) Act 2002 (PDF)
- Natural Resources Management Act 2004 (PDF)
- Natural Resources Management (General) Regulations 2005 (PDF)
- Landscape South Australia Act 2019 (PDF)
Tasmania
- Police Offences Act 1935 (PDF)
- Poisons Act 1971 (PDF)
- Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Control of Use) Act 1995 (PDF)
- Vermin Control Act 2000 (PDF)
- Nature Conservation Act 2002 (PDF)
- Cat Management Act 2009 (PDF)
Northern Territory
Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Chemicals Authority (APVMA)
General
- APVMA organisational structure (PDF) (2019)
- “The reconsideration process” (PDF)
- “The role of the APVMA” (PDF)
- “Manual for external scientific reviewers” (PDF)
Legislation
- Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Act 1994 (PDF)
- Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Act 1994 (PDF)
- Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Administration) Act 1992 (PDF)
- Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Administration) Regulations 1995 (PDF)
- Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Regulations 1999 (PDF)
- Agricultural and Veterinary Chemical Products (Collection of Levy) Act 1994 (PDF)
- Agricultural and Veterinary Chemical Products (Collection of Levy) Regulations 1995 (PDF)
- Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Ingredient Determination 2015 (PDF)
- Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code (Manufacturing Principles) Determination 2014 (PDF)
- Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code (Efficacy Criteria) Determination 2014 (PDF)
Reports
- “Technical Report: The reconsideration of registrations of products containing sodium fluoroacetate and approvals of their associated labels – Environmental Assessment” (PDF)
- “Reconsideration of products containing sodium fluoroacetate (1080) and their labels: background to the review and scope document” (PDF)
- “The reconsideration of registrations of products containing sodium fluoroacetate (1080) and their associated labels: preliminary review findings” (PDF)
- “Final review report and regulatory decision: the reconsideration of registrations of products containing sodium fluoroacetate and approvals of their associated labels” (PDF)
Standard Operating Procedures, Codes of Practice and Pest Control Orders
General
Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
- DOG004: Ground baiting of wild dogs with 1080 (PDF)
- DOG005: Aerial baiting of wild dogs with 1080 (PDF)
- DOG006: Baiting of wild dogs with para-aminopropiophenone (PAPP) (PDF)
- FOX001: Ground baiting of foxes with sodium fluoroacetate (PDF)
- FOX002: Aerial baiting of foxes with sodium fluoroacetate (1080) (PDF)
- FOX007: Baiting of foxes with para-aminopropiophenone (PAPP) (PDF)
- PIG005: Poisoning of feral pigs with sodium fluoroacetate (1080) (PDF)
- RAB002: Ground baiting of rabbits with sodium fluoroacetate (1080) (PDF)
- RAB003: Aerial baiting of rabbits with 1080 (PDF)
Codes of Practice (COPs)
- DOGCOP: Model code of practice for the humane control of wild dogs (PDF) – T Sharp and G Saunders
- FOXCOP: Model code of practice for the humane control of foxes (PDF) – T Sharp and G Saunders
- CATCOP: Model code of practice for the humane control of feral cats (PDF) – T Sharp and G Saunders
- RABCOP: Model code of practice for the humane control of rabbits (PDF) – T Sharp and G Saunders
- PIGCOP: Model code of practice for the humane control of feral pigs (PDF) – T Sharp and G Saunders
- Code of practice for the safe use and management of registered pesticides containing 1080, PAPP and strychnine for vertebrate pest management in Western Australia (PDF) – Department of Health, Primary Industries and Regional Development, Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions (WA)
- Code of practice for the use of 1080 for native browsing animal management (PDF) – Tasmanian Government Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and the Environment
Pest Control Orders (PCOs)
- NSW Pesticide Control (1080 Bait Products) Order (PDF)
- NSW Pesticide Control (1080 Ejector Capsule) Order (PDF)
- NSW Pesticide Control (1080 Ungulate Feeder) Order (PDF)
Federal and National Regulation
- Australian Pest Animal Management Strategy 2017-2027 (PDF) – Invasive Plants and Animals Committee
- “Australian State and Territory regulatory controls on Schedule 7 poisons” (PDF) – Department of Health
- “NSW Invasive Species Plan 2018-2021” (PDF) – NSW Department of Primary Industries
- “Invasive Species Plan for Western Australia 2015-2019” (PDF) – Western Australian Department of Agriculture and Food
- “Queensland Invasive Plants and Animals Strategy 2019-2024” (PDF) – Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries
National Strategies and Agreements
National Strategies
- “Australian Pest Animal Strategy: A national strategy for the management of vertebrate pest animals in Australia” (PDF) – Natural Resource Management Ministerial Council and the Vertebrate Pests Committee
- “Intergovernmental Agreement on Biosecurity” (PDF)
- “Australian Veterinary Emergency Plan -Operational Procedures Manual: Wild Animal Response Strategy” (PDF) – Primary Industries Ministerial Council
- Memorandum of Understanding in Relation to the Cooperative Management of the Australian Alps National Parks (PDF) – Australian Government Director of National Parks
National Threat Abatement Plans (TAPs)
- “Threat Abatement Plan for predation by the European red fox” (PDF) – Australian Government Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts
- “Threat Abatement Plan for predation by feral cats” (PDF) – Australian Government Department of the Environment
- “Threat Abatement Plan for competition and land degradation by rabbits” (PDF) – Australian Government Department of the Environment and Energy
- “Threat Abatement Plan for predation, habitat degradation, competition and disease transmission by feral pigs (Sus scrofa)” (PDF) – Australian Government Department of the Environment and Energy
Regional Policies and Strategies
New South Wales
- Blue Mountains Region (PDF)
- Central Coast Hunter Region (PDF)
- Far South Coast Region (PDF)
- Far West Region (PDF)
- Lower North Coast Region (PDF)
- Metro North East Region (PDF)
- Metro South West Region (PDF)
- North Coast Region (PDF)
- Northern Plains Region (PDF)
- Northern Rivers Region (PDF)
- Northern Tablelands Region (PDF)
- South Coast Region”(PDF)
- Southern Ranges Region (PDF)
- Western Rivers Region (PDF)
South Australia
- “Policy on management of dingo populations in South Australia” (PDF) – SA Minister for Environment and Conservation
- “State National Resources Management Plan, South Australia: 2012-2017” (PDF) – Government of South Australia
- “South East Pest Management Strategy: A regional biosecurity plan for the control of invasive species – Part 1” (PDF) – South East Natural Resources Management Board
- “South East Pest Management Strategy: a regional biosecurity plan for the control of invasive species – Part 2” (PDF) – South East Natural Resources Management Board
- “Biteback Wild Dog Program Report 2009 – 2019” (PDF) – South Australian Arid Lands Natural Resources Management Board
Australian Capital Territory
- “ACT Pest Animal Management Strategy: 2012-2022” (PDF) – ACT Government Department of Environment and Sustainable Development
Victoria
- “Invasive Plants and Animals Policy Framework” (PDF) – Agriculture Victoria
Tasmania
- “Tasmanian Cat Management Plan 2012-2022” (PDF) – Tasmanian Government Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment
Reports
- “Pesticide use in Australia” (PDF) – Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering
- “The use of chemical pesticides by the Australian plantation forest industry” (PDF) – Australian Government Forest and Wood Products Research and Development Corporation
- “Independent reviewer’s report to the Australian and Tasmanian Governments on the third five-yearly review of the Tasmanian Regional Forest Agreement” (PDF) – G Kile
- “Pesticides used in the management of vertebrate pests in Australia: a review” (PDF) – L McLeod and G Saunders
- “Shared Problem, Shared Solutions: state-wide review of pest animal management” (PDF) – NSW Government Natural Resources Commission
- “National progress in reducing pesticide risks, responses to questionnaire for the 2004 meeting of Environment Ministers” (PDF) – OECD Environment Policy Committee
- “A model for assessing the relative humaneness of pest animal control methods” (PDF) – T Sharp and G Saunders
- “Alternatives to 1080 program: a summary of research, extension and demonstration activities funded and undertaken to 1080 program” (PDF) – Tasmanian Government
Data-sheets
- “1080” (PDF) – Queensland Government
- “Safe use and management of 1080 – landholders manual” (PDF) – Western Australian Government
- “Material safety data sheet: 1080 bait for the control of foxes” (PDF) – Natural Resources South Australia
National Security
- “Report on the control of chemicals of security concern” (PDF) – Australian Government Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
- “National Code of Practice for Chemicals of Security Concern” (PDF) – Australian Government Attorney-General’s Department
- “Chemicals of security concern” (PDF) – Australian Government
- “Australian clinical guidelines for acute exposures to chemical agents of health concern: a guide for the Emergency Department staff” (PDF) – Australian Government Department of Health
- “Chemical security: toxic chemicals of security concern” (PDF) – PWC
Assessment Protocols
- “Assessment Requirements for AHCPMG312 Apply poison baits for vertebrate pest control in rural and environmental landscapes” (PDF) – Australian Government
Action Plans
- “Action Plan for managing wild dogs in Victoria: 2014-2019” (PDF) – Victorian Department of Environment and Primary Industries
- “South Australian Wild Dog Strategic Plan: 2016-2020” (PDF) – Government of South Australia
- “Western Australian Wild Dog Action Plan: 2016-2021” (PDF) – WA Wild Dog Action Group
Directions, Guides and Manuals
- “Directions for the use of 1080 and PAPP pest animal bait products in Victoria” (PDF) – Agriculture Victoria
- “Best practice guidelines for wild dog control” (PDF) – Natural Resources SA
- “Directions for use of 1080 for wild dog control” (PDF) – Northern Territory Government
- “Direction for use of 1080 fox baits in South Australia” (PDF) – Primary Industries and Regions South Australia
- “Directions for use of Canid Pest Ejector 1080 fox capsules in South Australia” (PDF) – Primary Industries and Regions South Australia
- “Licensing, accreditation and Schedule 7 pesticides” (PDF) – SA Health
- “1080 safe use and management of 1080: landholders manual” (PDF) – WA Department of Agriculture and Food
Regulatory Codes
- “Australian code for the care and use of animals for scientific purposes” (PDF) – National Health and Medical Research Council
Leaflets
- “1080 bait for the control of foxes” (PDF) – Primary Industries and Regions South Australia
Training Providers, Suppliers and Contacts
- “1080 supply in Victoria” (PDF) – Agriculture Victoria
- Northern Territory Government
Pelorus Island
- Right to Information (RTI) documents
File A (PDF)
File B (PDF)
File C (PDF)
File D (PDF)
File E (PDF)
International
America
- “Notice of hearing on the applications to use sodium fluoroacetate (Compound 1080) to control predators” (PDF) – United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- “Reregistration Eligibility Decision (RED): sodium fluoroacetate” (PDF) – United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- “Petition to issue a notice of intent to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to cancel the registration of Compound 1080 (sodium fluoroacetate)” (PDF) – Animal Welfare Institute, Animal Legal Defense Fund, Center for Biological Diversity, Project Coyote and Predator Defense
Canada
- “Special review decision for Compound 1080” (PDF) – Health Canada
Cuba
Coalition Material
- Letterbox Drop / Public Warning Notice (PDF): heard about 1080 in your area and want to warn others? Download this form, fill in the details and warn those in your area.
- Printable Petition (PDF): a downloadable petition paper demanding a national ban on 1080 across Australia