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The main Australian predator of sheep is the dingo, which is a large-enough danger to sheep to precipitate the construction of the world's largest fence: the Dingo Fence. Red foxes also may prey on 10-30% of lambs, costing Australians sheep breeders more than A$ 100 million annually. [ 12 ]
£1000 worth of sheep 1941–8 dingo Tumbarumba, 13yo dingo "weighed 100 lb. and measured six feet from tip to tip." [62] at least 1000 sheep 1942 dingo Captain's Flat [63] 200+ sheep 1939 dingo Billa Billa near Goondiwindi [64] "many sheep" 1937 Alsatian-dingo cross Oranmeir near Braidwood [65] 10 wallabies: 1936 dingo Melbourne Zoo [66] 300 ...
It has been partly successful, though dingoes can still be found in parts of the southern states. Although the fence has helped reduce losses of sheep to predators, this has been countered by holes in fences found in the 1990s through which dingo offspring have passed [2] and by increased pasture competition from rabbits and kangaroos.
Predators include coyotes, bobcats, cougars, foxes, wild dogs, and bears to name a few. Guardian dogs also help to keep predators off of farmland, which means farmers need to use fewer traps and ...
Commercial exploitation of feral goats is a valuable industry. Many pastoralists in Australia now consider the capture and sale of feral goats to be an essential part of their business. Meat for export is the main product from feral goats. Some live feral goats are also exported. Goat skin is a by-product. [12]
A dingo on the beach at K'gari. Dingo attacks in Australia are rare but can happen. Dingos are more of a danger to livestock such as sheep which is why the Dingo Fence was constructed. As wild dogs are large predators, they can be potentially dangerous to humans.
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Domestic dogs are the only terrestrial predators in Australia that are big enough to kill fully grown sheep, and only a few sheep manage to recover from the severe injuries. In the case of lambs, death can have many causes apart from attacks by predators, which are blamed for the deaths because they eat from the carcasses.