Resources
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National Pest Control Agencies publications
- A15 Determining the age of wild pigs using tooth eruption (pdf 1.7 MB)
- A1 Possum Population Monitoring Using the Trapcatch, Waxtag and Chewcard Methods (pdf 3.8 MB)
- A10 Feral Pigs: A Review of Monitoring and Control Techniques (pdf 3.4 MB)
- A11 Feral and Stray Cats: Monitoring and Control, a Preliminary Guideline towards Best Practice (pdf 3.4 MB)
- A13 Responsible Use of Bait Stations: An Operators' Guide. (pdf 3 MB)
- A4.1 Leghold Traps, A guideline for Capturing Possums, Ferrets and Feral Cats using Leghold Traps (pdf 12 MB)
- A4.2 Kill Traps: A Guideline to Trap Possums, Ferrets, Stoats and Feral Cats using Kill Traps (pdf 8 MB)
- A4.4 Possum and Ferret Traps: A report to inform and advise users of trapping products (pdf 4.7 MB)
- A5 Pest Rabbits: Monitoring and Control Good Practice Guidelines (pdf 12 MB)
- A6 Pest Rooks: Monitoring and Control (pdf 3.4 MB)
- A7 Pest Hares: Monitoring and Control (pdf 5.7 MB)
- A8 Pest Mustelids: Monitoring and Control (pdf 2.3 MB)
- A9 Wallabies: Control and Monitoring of pest Dama and Bennett's Wallabies (pdf 2.8 MB)
- B1 Legislation Guide: User Guide to Legislation Relating to Terrestrial Pest Control (pdf 577 KB)
- C4 The Possum Busters are coming Brochure (1080 Health & Safety brochure) (pdf 1.3 MB)
- C5 Cholecalciferol: Its Use for Possum and Rodent Control. (pdf 2.1 MB)
- C6 Cyanide: Its use for Possum Control. (pdf 1.5 MB)
- C7 Brodifacoum: its use for Possum and Rodent Control in Forests and Farmland. (pdf 6.2 MB)
- D1 The How and Why of Possum Control: Teachers Edition (pdf 1.9 MB)
- D1 The How and Why of Possum Control: Student's Booklet (pdf 8 MB)
- A14 Aerial 1080 control of possums and rabbits (pdf 2.6 MB)
- A16 Keep it Clean: Machinery and vehicle hygiene guidelines and logbook to prevent the spread of pests and weeds (pdf 4.5 MB)
- B2 Vertebrate Toxic Agents: Minimum Requirements for Safe Use and Handling, Best Practice Guidelines (pdf 2.7 MB)
- B7 Signage: Minimum requirements for signage where vertebrate toxic agents are laid outdoors for pest control (pdf 1.2 MB)
- B8 Tracking: Minimum requirements for tracking vertebrate toxic agents (pdf 1.7 MB)
- B5.1 Water sampling for sodium fluroacetate (1080) (pdf 1.9 MB)
- C1 Questions and answers on 1080 (pdf 792 KB)
- C3 1080 and dogs don't mix brochure (pdf 176 KB)
- B6.3 How to give a good urine sample (pdf 383 KB)
- B6.1 Monitoring pest control industry workers for occupational exposure to 1080 (pdf 1.5 MB)
- A3 Landowners Possum Control Guide (pdf 4.4 MB)
Safety
- A13 Responsible Use of Bait Stations: An Operators' Guide. (pdf 3 MB)
- C4 The Possum Busters are coming Brochure (1080 Health & Safety brochure) (pdf 1.3 MB)
- Currently accredited possum monitoring operators (listed by name) (pdf 65 KB)
- Currently accredited possum monitoring operators (listed by region) (pdf 74 KB)
- Currently accredited possum control operators (listed by category) (pdf 67 KB)
Tools
- Calculator: Possum control costs
- Trap catch monitoring data calculation for Designers (xls 608 KB)
- Waxtag data entry template (xls 677 KB)
- On farm pest management - AgPest
- Drystock biosecurity guidelines (pdf 3.1 MB)
- Managing animal pests - SOPs and technical documents from the Department of Conservation
- Mouse eradication using aerial baiting Current agreed best practice used in New Zealand (pdf 334 KB)
- Online data collection best practice options from Predator Free NZ
- Public attitudes to current and proposed forms of pest animal control (pdf 1.2 MB)
- Rat eradication using aerial baiting Current agreed best practice used in New Zealand (pdf 552 KB)
- Toolkit: Predator Free 2050
- Product suppliers for vertebrate pest control
Welfare
- Companion Cats Code of Welfare summary
- Code of Welfare for Dogs summary
- Welfare performance of animal traps
- Trapping best practice from Predator Free NZ
- Traps & devices: Guidelines and resources
- National Cat Management Strategy
- Humane and Effective Vertebrate Pest Control: A Review of Best Practice Management (pdf 466 KB)
- Possum control and animal welfare (pdf 338 KB)
- Trap Testing Summary Table (pdf 157 KB)
- Trap testing guidelines: National Animal Welfare Advisory Committee (NAWAC) (pdf 311 KB)