INFO: How will the changing dog laws affect your family?

With Ingrid Marker, Cassowary Keystone ConservationRoaming dogs are a threat to our community's feeling of safety, in our streets, towns, beaches and parklands. People have a right to move freely, without fear of being menaced or attacked by roaming uncontrolled dogs. Nuisance dogs break down relationships of friends and neighbours, causing division within the community. Many

Dog Attack- a Significant Impact and Threatening Process

Date: 2 February 2017 Submitted by: Ingrid Marker, Cassowary Keystone Conservation Unrestrained domestic, hunting and wild dogs are an identified threat and major cause of cassowary deaths, particularly in areas near residential development. Chicks and sub-adults are small enough to be killed or separated from their parent by dogs while packs of dogs also kill

Cases of site specific dog controls in National Parks / World Heritage Areas

Date: 2 February 2017 Submitted by: Ingrid Marker, Cassowary Keystone Conservation   Lord Howe Island, World Heritage Area, NSW A World Heritage Area in NSW that has enacted strict quarantine restrictions to protect its unique flora and fauna. These restrictions are controlled by the Lord Howe Island Board who has developed a “Dog Importation and

Dog Attacks on Cassowaries

Date: 2 February 2017 Submitted by: Ingrid Marker, Cassowary Keystone Conservation A dogs teeth and jaws have evolved to capture, kill and eat prey, their canine teeth can puncture, tear and penetrate deeper than their length and their jaws have hundreds of pounds of pressure designed to crush tissue and bone. Only 24 dog