DEC | NSW threatened species - Predation, habitat degradation, competition and disease transmission by Feral Pigs (<em>Sus scrofa</em>)

A total of 11 threat abatement strategies have been identified to help tackle this key threatening process. Each of these strategies has a number of priority actions within it. The table below shows these strategies and priority actions. You can also see details of the broad geographic regions each priority action applies to in New South Wales.

For more general information about this key threatening process, see a detailed threat profile.

Description of priority action	Priority
Threat abatement strategy: Community and land-holder liaison/ awareness and/or education
Increase community awareness of the environmental impacts of feral pigs and the need for pig control.	Low
Threat abatement strategy: Develop and implement protocols and guidelines
Develop best practice guidelines for the management of feral pigs.	Medium
Threat abatement strategy: Establish management agreements with public authorities CMAs and land managers/owners
Develop pig control programs on private lands at priority sites in collaboration with Catchment Management Authorities.	Low
Threat abatement strategy: Measure response to control
Develop and implement feral pig monitoring programs at priority sites.	Low
Threat abatement strategy: Prepare Statement of Intent
Prepare statement of intent explaining how feral pigs will be managed by 2007.	Medium
Threat abatement strategy: Prioritise control actions
Identify priority areas for feral pig control based on evidence of the impacts.	High
Threat abatement strategy: Research
Conduct research on the use of 1080 pig baits.	High
Threat abatement strategy: Review and amend or adopt existing legislation and policies
List feral pigs as a pest animal under the Rural Lands Protection Act 1998 and as a key threatening process under the Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995.	High
Threat abatement strategy: Review evidence of impacts
Identify and prioritise biodiversity at risk from feral pig impacts.	High
Threat abatement strategy: Survey/Mapping and Habitat assessment
Survey the distribution and abundance of feral pigs.	Medium
Threat abatement strategy: Undertake control actions
Continue current feral pig control programs until evidence of impacts is reviewed and control programs are prioritised.	High

Predation, habitat degradation, competition and disease transmission by Feral Pigs (Sus scrofa) - Priority actions