Eyre Peninsula fox numbers 'on the way down'

Posted February 19, 2013 10:47:47

A campaign against high fox numbers on South Australia's Eyre Peninsula appears to be working.

Landowners have been involved in an extensive baiting program, covering about 40,000 square kilometres.

Biosecurity program manager Iggy Honan says rabbit and mice numbers are also down and they are food sources for foxes.

"Our spotlight surveys are starting to indicate that numbers are on the way down, which is probably the fact that it hasn't rained [in] most areas for five months or more and quite frankly it's bloody dry," he said.

"Rabbit numbers are down - not everywhere - if there's a good food source and they've been able to get through the summer yes they're still there but generally across the peninsula are down, mice numbers almost non-existent."

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