Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2018C00161:reg:2:p7
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2018C00161
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 2 (pt 7/7)
Character Range: 33681–34706

maintain effective regional fox control programs in many areas, despite the availability of suitable control techniques (see, for example, Riethmuller et al. 2005).

Performance indicators

  • Increased proportion of fox control programs that use current best-practice techniques in fox control.
  • Increased awareness of the threat posed by foxes.
  • Increased awareness of the TAP actions and objectives.

Action                                                                                                Priority and timeframe

  5.1 Promote:                                                                                        High priority, long term

    • broad understanding of the threat to biodiversity posed by foxes and support for their control
    • support for the actions to be undertaken under this plan
    • the use of humane and cost-effective fox control methods
    • best-practice effective fox control in all tenures, and
    • understanding of predation by foxes as a key threatening process.