Costing land managers an average of $2,627 per year per property for feral deer control activities (ABARES, 2019)

Upsetting the balance of our native habitats, and hampering recovery of bushfire-affected bush

Developing the plan to tackle the feral deer issue across all of Australia

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What is the Plan?

The National Feral Deer Action Plan aims to limit further spread of feral deer into new areas and reduce the impacts of large populations of feral deer on primary production, communities and the environment.

 

The Plan will raise awareness of feral deer impacts and control options to encourage early action on all small isolated populations, as well as large populations in priority areas. The Plan also promotes the need to develop and trial new tools, and to build capacity to detect, cull and prevent further spread of feral deer.

 

The Plan is for land management agencies, groups and organisations, governments, and land managers who are impacted by feral deer, or are likely to be impacted soon

In The News

Find out what’s going on & stay up to date.

Joint media release: Thermal imaging puts heat on feral deer

Featured News, Media Releases

2 December 2021 The Australian Government funded a recent successful trial of thermal-assisted aerial control of fallow and red deer in the... Read More → Joint media release: Thermal imaging puts heat on feral deer

A report recommends a new approach to controlling Tasmania’s growing deer herd

Featured News

A new report by the Invasive Species Council, commissioned by the Bob Brown Foundation, proposes a feral deer management strategy to... Read More → A report recommends a new approach to controlling Tasmania’s growing deer herd

A new Senate inquiry report recommends that spread and impacts of feral deer be tackled head on

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The report’s recommendations focus on improving data on the spread and impacts of feral deer; supporting the roll out of the National... Read More → A new Senate inquiry report recommends that spread and impacts of feral deer be tackled head on

What's Happening

Events in 2021

National Feral Deer Management Coordinator attended CISS Innovation showcase at Parliament House

Events

Centre for Invasive Species Solution’s innovation showcase was hosted by the co-chairs of Parliamentary Friends of Primary Producers the... Read More → National Feral Deer Management Coordinator attended CISS Innovation showcase at Parliament House

18th Australasian Vertebrate Pest Conference 25-27 May 2021

Events

This conference brought together practitioners, researchers, wildlife managers and policy advisors to network, share their stories and... Read More → 18th Australasian Vertebrate Pest Conference 25-27 May 2021

Info & Resources

All you need in one place!

Learn about the relevant State legislation and management plans for feral deer control in your region. Here you can also find best practice methods for the available feral deer control tools.  

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