One proposed solution to the problem of wild dogs in western Queensland could cause havoc for neighbouring areas.
Exclusion fencing is being investigated as a weapon in the fight against the worsening problem.
A proposal for a 1,400 kilometre wild dog exclusion fence is being put to western Queensland communities.
It's been put together by a group of graziers who formed the Central West Queensland Wild Dog Exclusion Fence Steering Committee in 2013.
The graziers say they were forced to look at hard infrastructure as a control mechanism to stop the number amount of wild dogs.
The fence would enclose 8.5 million hectares or 21 million acres.
A feasibility study has been completed by Resource Management Consultant, Ian Perkins who says by comparing the proposed fence to existing fencing around the world and Australia it shows that 'anecdotally they [fences] are effective' forms of control.
"We did some economic analysis and we came to the conclusion that at a 20 per cent effectiveness rate it [the fence] is cutting even."
The feasibility study estimates the fence will cost $13 million, and the committee is proposing that expense be shared equally between industry and the State and Federal Governments.
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$13,000,000 for a fence? Bloody hell. And they there will be holes, rust, repairs, blah blah blah.
How about a feasibility study into how much ammo you can make and how many farmers or hunters you could hire for 13 million bucks to spend a couple of weeks picket lining across the problem areas and cleaning them all out.
