How can we better engage Homo sapiens to manage Sus scrofa?

Abstract

Feral pigs have been a declared pest in Queensland since the 1930s - and yet as feral pig management facilitators and practitioners, we still often struggle to engage landholders to actively control pigs. Even last year, with great community concern about Foot and Mouth Disease in neighbouring countries, many of our graziers were still asking - “What is the government going to do to control the feral pigs on my land?” So how do we get these primary integral stakeholders to take ownership and to proactively manage pigs?