❓ A WA parliamentary question addresses the threat of feral deer to the natural environment, particularly on conservation land, and seeks information on government action and policy regarding their control and eradication. The government acknowledges the threat and states eradication is preferred, but control may be necessary in some areas.
AnsweredQoN 733Legislative Assembly
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(1) What threat to the natural environment is posed by feral deer, recently reported from Gidgegannup, Greenough, Chapman valley and Northampton?
(2) Have any of the sightings from the above areas come from land managed for nature conservation by agencies under the Minister’s portfolios?
(3) What action is being taken by the Department of Conservation and Land Management, either in its own right or jointly with other Government agencies, to assist in the control or removal of feral deer from the conservation estate?
(4) Is it Government policy to eradicate feral deer if they are deemed to pose an actual or potential threat to the conservation estate?
(2) Have any of the sightings from the above areas come from land managed for nature conservation by agencies under the Minister’s portfolios?
(3) What action is being taken by the Department of Conservation and Land Management, either in its own right or jointly with other Government agencies, to assist in the control or removal of feral deer from the conservation estate?
(4) Is it Government policy to eradicate feral deer if they are deemed to pose an actual or potential threat to the conservation estate?
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Answered
1 April 2003
Responded by
Minister for the Environment and Heritage
Response time
35 days
(2) Yes. (3) Whenever possible feral deer found on conservation estate are eradicated by suitable means. (4) Eradication is the preferred option, but in some areas control may be the most likely outcome due to the difficulties in removing feral deer or the likelihood of them becoming re-established.
(3) Whenever possible feral deer found on conservation estate are eradicated by suitable means. (4) Eradication is the preferred option, but in some areas control may be the most likely outcome due to the difficulties in removing feral deer or the likelihood of them becoming re-established.
(4) Eradication is the preferred option, but in some areas control may be the most likely outcome due to the difficulties in removing feral deer or the likelihood of them becoming re-established.
(3) Whenever possible feral deer found on conservation estate are eradicated by suitable means. (4) Eradication is the preferred option, but in some areas control may be the most likely outcome due to the difficulties in removing feral deer or the likelihood of them becoming re-established.
(4) Eradication is the preferred option, but in some areas control may be the most likely outcome due to the difficulties in removing feral deer or the likelihood of them becoming re-established.
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