❓ This WA parliamentary question concerns feral goat management in Kalbarri National Park, Muggon Station, and Toolonga Nature Reserve, including culling programs, population estimates, and income from goat sales. It also inquires about planned tenders for feral goat eradication.
AnsweredQoN 1567Legislative Assembly
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(1) Was there a feral goat culling program in Kalbarri National Park between March and June 2006?
(2) How many feral goats were captured and shot in this program?
(3) What is the estimated feral goats population on Muggon Station?
(4) How many goats have been captured and shot on Muggon station in the 2005-2006 financial year?
(5) What is the estimated population of feral goats on Toolonga Nature Reserve?
(6) How many feral goats have been captured and shot on Toolonga Nature Reserve?
(7) Do feral goats migrate from Toolonga Nature Reserve to Kalbarri National Park?
(8) Does the Department of Environment and Conservation receive income from the sale of feral goats?
(9) Where is this income expended?
(10) Did the then Department of Conservation and Land Management intend to let tenders for the eradication of feral goats on a number of former pastoral properties across the Murchison and Yalgoo catchments during 2006?
(11) Were these tenders let, and if not why not?
(12) If they are still to be let, when will they be let and why has there been a delay?
(2) How many feral goats were captured and shot in this program?
(3) What is the estimated feral goats population on Muggon Station?
(4) How many goats have been captured and shot on Muggon station in the 2005-2006 financial year?
(5) What is the estimated population of feral goats on Toolonga Nature Reserve?
(6) How many feral goats have been captured and shot on Toolonga Nature Reserve?
(7) Do feral goats migrate from Toolonga Nature Reserve to Kalbarri National Park?
(8) Does the Department of Environment and Conservation receive income from the sale of feral goats?
(9) Where is this income expended?
(10) Did the then Department of Conservation and Land Management intend to let tenders for the eradication of feral goats on a number of former pastoral properties across the Murchison and Yalgoo catchments during 2006?
(11) Were these tenders let, and if not why not?
(12) If they are still to be let, when will they be let and why has there been a delay?
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Answered
21 November 2006
Responded by
Minister for the Environment
Response time
34 days
1.
No. However, an aerial feral goat culling program was undertaken from 19-25 February 2006.
2.
Approximately 1,400 feral goats were shot during the February 2006 aerial shooting program.
3.
Less than 500 feral goats.
4.
Approximately 150 feral goats.
5.
Unknown, but it is likely to be very few as there are no artificial water sources, nor any permanent natural surface water within Toolonga Nature Reserve.
6.
Nil.
7.
Unknown.
8.
Yes.
9.
It used to fund operations on the former pastoral leases that the Department of Environment and Conservation now manages.
10.
Yes.
11.
No public tenders have been let for feral goat control due to the need to first establish goat population abundance and distribution on the former pastoral leases in the Murchison and Yalgoo catchments.
12. In the future, tenders may be let on a needs basis following the outcome of feral goat population monitoring on former pastoral leases.
No. However, an aerial feral goat culling program was undertaken from 19-25 February 2006.
2.
Approximately 1,400 feral goats were shot during the February 2006 aerial shooting program.
3.
Less than 500 feral goats.
4.
Approximately 150 feral goats.
5.
Unknown, but it is likely to be very few as there are no artificial water sources, nor any permanent natural surface water within Toolonga Nature Reserve.
6.
Nil.
7.
Unknown.
8.
Yes.
9.
It used to fund operations on the former pastoral leases that the Department of Environment and Conservation now manages.
10.
Yes.
11.
No public tenders have been let for feral goat control due to the need to first establish goat population abundance and distribution on the former pastoral leases in the Murchison and Yalgoo catchments.
12. In the future, tenders may be let on a needs basis following the outcome of feral goat population monitoring on former pastoral leases.
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