Rangeland Goats
Unmanaged Rangelands goats pose a significant threat to landscapes including the natural habitat for protected and endangered species, cultural sites, grazing and agricultural land.
Total grazing impact and reduction of vegetation by large, rapidly expanding herds with indiscriminate grazing habits of ground cover and canopy cover, hastens the onset of drought conditions and erosion impacts in the SA Rangelands.
Coordinating Management of Rangeland Goatsis a two-year project funded by the State Government's Landscape Priorities Fund.
A Rangelands Goat Management Coordinator has been appointed to align stakeholder control efforts throughout the regions affected by goats and establish a Statewide Rangelands Goat Management Strategy. The networking and harnessing of capabilities from across rangelands regions, in addition to collaboration with market, First Nations land managers, Native Title Holders, and policy makers will ultimately improve landscape scale management across our regions.
This project also wishes to work with landholders and the wider public pertaining to Rangelands Goats, to establish an understanding of their geographic range, environmental and economic impact.
The Sustainable Use of Undersized Goatsproject is designed to help landholders manage undersized goats not suited for loading or market, to protect native habitat, pasture ad to assist in using the protein source.
SAAL has partnered with other landscape boards in the Landscape Priorities Fund project, to provide qualified field harvesters undertaking humane destruction of goats on property, ideally post mustering activities. Open to all landholders mustering and managing feral rangeland goats, it involves the goat carcasses being processed on site, then transported to be used in feeding native and internationally important endangered carnivores residing at Monarto Safari Park.
Depending on the size and number of goats available, meat may also be used for feral species baiting programs, with baits also offered free of charge back to properties.
>> Find out more about the Sustainable Use of Undersized Goats