Guy Ballard is a project officer with the Invasive Animals CRC and NSW DPI who has worked extensively on wild dog control programs in northern NSW. In this video, Guy describes and demonstrates the procedure for collecting animal scats for monitoring of invasive animal activity.
Animal scats can provide information on which pest animal species are present in an area, the diet of these animals, and the presence of specific parasites and diseases in a population. Scats may also be a source of DNA samples for research. Monitoring is an important part of effective vertebrate pest management, both before you start a program and to measure the success of program activities.
More information: http://www.feral.org.au/pestsmart/
