The State Government will invest $4.03 million to protect livestock and rangeland businesses from the ongoing impacts of wild dogs.
Kalgoorlie Pastoral Alliance Cell ($2 million), Southern Gascoyne Rangelands Cell ($986,000), Murchison Regional Vermin Cell ($594,000) and Murchison Hub Cell ($450,000) have been awarded grants as part of the Rangelands Cell Fencing Program.
The program, co-funded by the State and Federal governments, supports pastoralists’ efforts to build cell fences in the rangelands to help protect sheep and goats.
The successful applicants are required to contribute a minimum of half of the cost of fence construction and will commit to ongoing fence maintenance and wild dog management within the cell.
These sites vary in size and location, and pastoral groups will report back to industry and the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development on building and maintaining the fence, and stock numbers and wild dog control.
Industry will use these reports to assess whether cell fencing is a suitable economic approach to protecting and renewing small livestock enterprises and delivering a sustained benefit to industry and regional communities in Western Australia.