Feral goats are a introduced pest species in Australia that cause an estimated $8 million damage to the Australian economy each year. Feral goats cause land degradation, impact native vegetation, damage culturally significant sites and competition with livestock.
FeralGoatScan is a community resource that can be used by anyone to record observations of feral goats. Information you record can be used to manage feral goats more effectively to reduce the damage they cause.
FeralGoatScan is a free resource.
For farmers, the public, community groups, Landcare, local councils, professional pest controllers, and
biosecurity groups. Anyone can use FeralGoatScan to record information about goats.
You can use FeralGoatScan to monitor and record goat activity.
Including sightings and evidence of goats, report impacts goats cause, such as damage to crops and native vegetation and document where you have undertaken control such as trapping and shooting.
Plan coordinated control activities.
FeralGoatScan can help you and your neighbours to decide where best to undertake control together, to achieve the
most cost-effective outcomes from control.
What to record
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Sightings and evidence of feral goats - including scats and tracks
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Photographs from monitoring cameras
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Damage or problems caused by feral goats
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Control activities, such as locations where control has been undertaken
The more information you record, the more useful the FeralGoatScan map will become for you, your neighbours, your
community, and local authorities helping people to manage feral goats.
Benefits of using FeralGoatScan
Understand feral goat activity in your local area. You can use FeralGoatScan to record information and view records of feral goats from other people to learn how populations are utilise your local area. This can be used to help protect native species, crops and other areas. If you join or form a group using FeralGoatScan to monitor and map goat activity together, we can automatically notify you about goat activity in your area.
Alert your local biosecurity group. If you record feral goat information into FeralGoatScan, this will automatically alert your local biosecurity group about feral goats at your location. They might be able to involve you in future control program, such as coordinated trapping events.
Keep a record of where you are undertaking control. People are using FeralGoatScan to record all of their monitoring and control activities. All control data is managed securely and privately.
Work together with your community. FeralGoatScan can be used to help inform people about feral goats in the area, and can help people work together to undertake control.