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Aerial survey of donkey and horse populations in the Victoria River District 2006

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Title

Aerial survey of donkey and horse populations in the Victoria River District 2006

Creator

Saalfeld, Keith

Collection

E-Publications; PublicationNT; E-Books

Date

0000-00-00

Description

Made available via the Publications (Legal Deposit) Act 2004 (NT).

Notes

2001 and 2006 Aerial survey. 2001 survey was published by Parks and Wildlife Commission of the Northern Territory, Palmerston (N.T.) 2006 survey was published by Department of Natural Resources, Environment and The Arts, Palmerston (N.T.)

Language

English

Subject

Feral livestock -- Northern Territory -- Victoria River Downs; Donkeys -- Northern Territory -- Victoria River Downs; Horses -- Northern Territory -- Victoria River Downs

File type

application/pdf.

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Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/230511

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/670949

Related items

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/670947

Page content

Malngin ALT 15,521 584 16,105 Malngin 2 ALT 14,077 4,967 19.044 Manbulloo 0 292 292 Meningen ALT 2,526 1,753 4,279 Montejinni 0 0 0 Nagurunguru ALT 7,941 1,168 9,109 Newery 2,527 0 2,527 Ngaliwurra-Nungali ALT 722 292 1,014 Riveren 722 292 1,014 Rosewood 0 0 0 Scott Creek 0 0 0 Spirit Hills 361 0 361 Victoria River (Yarralin) 0 292 292 VRD 6,497 1,168 7,665 Wallamunga 0 292 292 Wambardi ALT 0 292 292 Wanimiyn ALT 361 0 361 Waterloo 7,219 2,922 10,141 Wave Hill 3,610 2,338 5,948 West Mathison 0 292 292 Willeroo 361 0 361 Wombungi 6,136 2,337 8,473 For those properties with a combined donkey and horse population of 1,000 animals or less, the required maintenance off-take to keep the population at these levels is given in Table 4 assuming density independent annual population increase of 22% for donkeys and 20% for horses and that control does not commence till dry-season 2002. The off-takes calculated in Tables 4 and 5 assume that removal occurs prior to the animals reproducing in 2002 and are based on the estimated numbers of donkeys and horses on each property at the start of 2002. If removal does not occur prior to the animals reproducing than the estimated starting population needs to be increased by the appropriate rate of increase for that species.