The department is responsible for regulating the management of wildlife in accordance with the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972. We encourage you to take a Living with Wildlife approach when addressing the detrimental effects native animals can have on your property.
We provide technical advice to people with a wildlife problem and advocate the use of non-lethal methods to reduce damage. However, the department may grant a permit to destroy wildlife where wildlife is causing, or is likely to cause, damage to the environment, crops, stock or property, or poses a health and safety risk.
Examples of wildlife management tools
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Non lethal management
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Lethal management
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the use of firearms to scare animals
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the use of firearms to destroy some animals
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use of gas guns, or other commercial scaring devices to scare animals
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trapping and carbon dioxide narcosis of animals
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modifying habitat or removing resources
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egg oiling, egg pricking and egg breaking
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placement of nest boxes in trees to provide refuge for hollow-dependent animals
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create alternate roosting sites for displaced species
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create alternative fencing or gates for wildlife
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netting high value crops
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planting decoy crops
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tree collaring
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