National Park wild dog policy prevents Winton grazier from returning to sheep

Sally Gall
Updated September 26 2018 - 10:20pm, first published September 25 2018 - 6:45pm
Four of the 34 wild dogs caught along the Bladensburg National Park boundary by Winton shire trapper Tony Hampstead between April and August  2018. The dogs were caught on four different properties. Photo supplied.
Four of the 34 wild dogs caught along the Bladensburg National Park boundary by Winton shire trapper Tony Hampstead between April and August 2018. The dogs were caught on four different properties. Photo supplied.

Ten years after wild dogs ended his family’s 95-year association with breeding sheep, Winton grazier, Peter White is still fighting a state government national parks policy he says is continually over-riding his pest control efforts.

Sally Gall

Sally Gall

Senior journalist - Queensland Country Life/North Queensland Register

Based at Blackall, CW Qld, where I've raised a family, run Merino sheep and beef cattle, and helped develop a region - its history, tourism, education and communications. Get in touch at 0427 575 955 if you've got a story idea for me.

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