Hounds From Hell Shot while the rest still kill for food
Wild Dog Stock Loses
St Johns Wort up to cattles heads
Uncontrolled St Johns Wort along road side
Welcome To My Site
My family has had 160y association with the Snowy Mountain much of that time raising sheep cattle and horses at Brindabella. I personally have participated actively in many aspects of farming fencing, stock husbandry, purchase of sires, weed and pest animal control, pasture management etc.
Formal education correspondence through primary, Goulburn High then the Universities of New England Armidale, and Medical School at Newcastle obtaining B Sc (Hons) PTC M Med Sc. I worked for the divisions of Animal Health & Animal Production CSIRO for 16y agricultural research into development of the immune system & livestock vaccine production in sheep, dairy and feedlot beef cattle.
Have held short term employment as stud groom, Jillaroo, drover, pathology technician, checkout, live in caretaker/Jillaroo (17y Brahman cattle fat lambs).I have trained and kept my own working dogs.
I have been vice president, secretary, keeper of studbook of the Percheron Horse Breeders Association over the last 23y. I have judged the breed and other horse breeds at major shows in Queensland and Sydney Royal. I have bred and trained my own stock, harness and draught horses. I was member of the Tamworth harness club and New England Antique Machinery club for many years instigating and taking part in field days using horse drawn machinery. Interacting with academic and rural communities.
I returned from working with CSIRO to raise my daughter in Brindabella from 1996. She takes Distance Education at home and is learning practical agriculture on farm and a member of the school marching band due to tour USA at the end of 2006. She has a good understanding of biology, ecology and dog meetings!
On our own family farm I have bred and trained Maremma and Pyrenees guard dogs to protect our superfine sheep from wild dog and fox attack. Before the 2003 bushfires fleeces from our small flock of highly guarded sheep attained placing’s in the top ten in the prestigious Zegna Fleece Trophy for Italian ultra and superfine wools. I have also instituted the use of goats Angora and Anglo Nubian goats to aid in weed, scrub and bushfire control. Electric dog fencing has been part of this integrated approach to farm management at least until destroyed by fire.
Our activities and progress have been severely impacted upon by over 30y of wild dog incursions from near by public managed land and the 2003 bushfires in massive fuel loads. I have a very good first hand understanding of dealing with drought, bushfire, weeds, pest animals, no fences, no money. Including dealing with social and community effects. I have worked with dog, fire and drought affected families S NSW N Vic and maintain my contacts in N NSW SE Qld and more recently the western division of NSW.
Have been constantly lobbying to publicly demonstrate wild dogs killing out wildlife, massive ungrazed vegetation indefinite fuel conservation is unsustainable long term for securing quality water catchment. The constant hounding of neighbouring farmers, burning their pasture, fencing, buildings is unacceptable. When dogs get past the front line into mainstream the losses escalate.
Our local programs have slowed the forced destocking process in defenceless country and unwary farmers.
Formal education correspondence through primary, Goulburn High then the Universities of New England Armidale, and Medical School at Newcastle obtaining B Sc (Hons) PTC M Med Sc. I worked for the divisions of Animal Health & Animal Production CSIRO for 16y agricultural research into development of the immune system & livestock vaccine production in sheep, dairy and feedlot beef cattle.
Have held short term employment as stud groom, Jillaroo, drover, pathology technician, checkout, live in caretaker/Jillaroo (17y Brahman cattle fat lambs).I have trained and kept my own working dogs.
I have been vice president, secretary, keeper of studbook of the Percheron Horse Breeders Association over the last 23y. I have judged the breed and other horse breeds at major shows in Queensland and Sydney Royal. I have bred and trained my own stock, harness and draught horses. I was member of the Tamworth harness club and New England Antique Machinery club for many years instigating and taking part in field days using horse drawn machinery. Interacting with academic and rural communities.
I returned from working with CSIRO to raise my daughter in Brindabella from 1996. She takes Distance Education at home and is learning practical agriculture on farm and a member of the school marching band due to tour USA at the end of 2006. She has a good understanding of biology, ecology and dog meetings!
On our own family farm I have bred and trained Maremma and Pyrenees guard dogs to protect our superfine sheep from wild dog and fox attack. Before the 2003 bushfires fleeces from our small flock of highly guarded sheep attained placing’s in the top ten in the prestigious Zegna Fleece Trophy for Italian ultra and superfine wools. I have also instituted the use of goats Angora and Anglo Nubian goats to aid in weed, scrub and bushfire control. Electric dog fencing has been part of this integrated approach to farm management at least until destroyed by fire.
Our activities and progress have been severely impacted upon by over 30y of wild dog incursions from near by public managed land and the 2003 bushfires in massive fuel loads. I have a very good first hand understanding of dealing with drought, bushfire, weeds, pest animals, no fences, no money. Including dealing with social and community effects. I have worked with dog, fire and drought affected families S NSW N Vic and maintain my contacts in N NSW SE Qld and more recently the western division of NSW.
Have been constantly lobbying to publicly demonstrate wild dogs killing out wildlife, massive ungrazed vegetation indefinite fuel conservation is unsustainable long term for securing quality water catchment. The constant hounding of neighbouring farmers, burning their pasture, fencing, buildings is unacceptable. When dogs get past the front line into mainstream the losses escalate.
Our local programs have slowed the forced destocking process in defenceless country and unwary farmers.
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