Boar Busting News with Paul Smith

	Paul Smith, Boar Busters, checks one of his pig–traps.

As a new wave of feral pigs moves into the Mission Beach area, residents are acting quickly to remove them before they get too comfortable.

“The damage to gardens and infrastructure on our property is annoying to say the least,” Jeff Ford of Mission Circle said.

“To repair the damage and then have the same culprits come back and do the same thing night after night is frustrating and disheartening for us all. As soon as we see the damage done by the pigs we call Boar Busters.

“The work that the ARF and Boar Busters are doing to rid the area of these feral pigs is just fantastic and is saving us a lot of money and heartache.”

Since the program began in August 2006, 500 feral pigs have been removed out of the Mission Beach and surrounding hinterland area under the ARF Trapping Program. 

And now dogs
In recent months Cairns City Council and the ARF have been alerted to the increasing number of wild dogs to the area south of Cairns. ARF through Boar Busters has recruited Nathan Ravenscroft, a wild dog trapping specialist to assess the situation and prepare a plan of action to reduce their numbers safely and humanely. A reduction in wild dog numbers will help improve the survival rate of young cassowaries and our other native animals in the area.

Chick sightings
It’s heartening to see that two new cassowary chicks are making their home in the south Mission Beach area and with any luck having fewer pigs around means more ‘feral pig free habitat’ available for these guys to roam around in, on their daily forage for food.

If you’re having a problem with feral pigs in the Mission Beach area call Paul at Boar Busters on 07 4068 8732.
www.boarbusters.com.au