Community wild dog baiting program

Target species

A Wild Dog is defined as a Dingo (Canis lupus dingo) or a dog (Canis lupus familiaris), other than a domestic dog.

Wild dogs are restricted invasive animals under the Biosecurity Act.

Wild dogs are serious threat to livestock, native animals and domestic pets. They threaten biodiversity and have the potential to spread diseases which could impact human health.

Read more about wild dogs and their impacts. 

Protection methods

• Meat baits are used to control wild dogs in areas of known activity on private properties.
• Meat is baited with Sodium Fluoroacetate (1080). This is a restricted pesticide. 1080 is considered the most species-specific pesticide for controlling invasive species.
• Council undertakes a regulatory risk assessment prior to approving a property to take part in the program.
• Before starting the program, council notifies all properties within a 2 km of bait sites by mail. 
• Warning signs are placed on roadsides and at the entrance of participating properties.

Schedule

The Community Wild Dog Baiting Program is run twice per year in Autumn and Spring.

The Autumn program will run from: 5 May to 16 June 2025.

Locations

Baiting is undertaken on rural properties in the Sunshine Coast region outside of the urban footprint.

Baits are not placed: 

• on public trails, walkways, dog off-leash areas, dunes, beaches or roadsides
• within 2km of town centres
• within 150m of a dwelling
• within 50m from the edge of a formed public roadway
• within 20m of permanent or flowing waterbodies
• within 5m of fenced property boundaries.

 View a map of current baiting properties (PDF, 2MB).

Get involved

If you would like your property to be part of the program please contact council.