The usual suspects...


Sus scrofa (Feral Pig)
Feral Pigs are a serious environmental and agricultural threat. They cause major damage to the environment through wallowing and rooting for food, spreading weeds, and damaging or destroying habitats of native plants and animals.   Agricultural damage includes damage to fences and water sources, predation of stock, and the spreading of exotic diseases.

Capra hircus (Feral Goats)
The feral goat is a known agricultural pest and is estimated to cause losses to pastoralism of $25 million per year. These goats damage vegetation, compete with native fauna, and have the potential to carry a wide range of stock diseases that do not yet occur in Australia.

Wild Dogs  - Encompasses Canis lupus dingo (dingoes),  Canis lupus familiaris (Feral Dogs) and their hybrids

Wild dogs are a pest to agriculture by preying on livestock, particularly sheep and cattle. They have the potential to carry exotic diseases and are believed to spread other harmful dog diseases such as parvovirus and heartworm. Wild dogs are estimated to cause losses of $48 million per year.

Vulpes vulpes (European Red Fox)

Foxes play a major role in the decline of a number of species of native animals including the brush-tailed bettong. As a major predator to livestock, they are responsible for significant lamb losses. They are also potential hosts of exotic diseases such as rabies.

Camelus dromedarius (Feral Camels)

Feral Camels are known to damage fences and watering points, which cost cattle station owners millions of dollars each year to repair. The animals compete with native fauna for food and water and destroy Aboriginal sacred sites and national parks. They are known to overrun Aboriginal communities to get to wells and water sources.