Research results show the optimum 1080 aerial delivery rate of 40 baits per linear kilometre will successfully eliminate more than 90 per cent of wild dogs, to reduce their impact on agriculture, native wildlife, the environment and community.
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NSW Department of Primary Industries principal research scientist, Peter Fleming, said "In 2008 the APVMA reduced the aerial 1080 baiting rate to manage wild dogs in regional NSW from 40 baits to 10 baits per kilometre, following a national review."
"Now, after conducting one of the largest, long-term projects of its kind we have the scientific evidence to support a rate of 40 baits per linear kilometre. "From 2007 to 2013, 132 wild dogs were trapped and fitted with GPS collars, and tracked before and after baiting in north-eastern NSW. "The study compared the two bait rates by quantifying the mortality rate of wild dogsin aerial baiting areas. "Success was measured by the number of GPS-collared dogs which did not survive the baiting. "The results were very clear, 90.6 per cent the wild dogs exposed to aerial baiting at 40 baits per kilometre died, just 55.3 per cent died at the 10 baits per kilometre rate and collared wild dogs, which remained outside the baiting zones survived." The use of 1080 in controlling feral animals is important in the protecting native animal species.
