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About Us

Pest Animal Control was established in 2014 to serve the needs of farmers and commercial businesses in the Hawkesbury Valley who were experiencing enormous losses by foxes, rabbits birds and rats. Since then, our customer base and the regions we cover has grown significantly, to include an office in the Manning Valley and clients across NSW. The range of pest animal species we humanely destroy has also grown to include feral pigs, feral deer, goats, wild dogs, foxes, cats, birds and rats.

Pest animal eradication is our critical conservation strategy, to protect native biodiversity from the threat of introduced vertebrates. We believe we have a general biosecurity duty to prevent, eliminate, or minimise the risks posed by invasive species to our environment.

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Firearms Licensing

NSW Category A/B/D Vertebrate pest animal control (VPAC) - shooting on rural land.

NSW Category A/B Business or employment - Business other - shooting on non-rural land.

NSW Prohibited Weapons Permit (Silencer) - noise suppression of firearms.

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Accreditations
AHCPMG304 – Use firearms to humanely destroy animals
AMPGAM303 – Use firearms to safely and humanely harvest wild game (Kangaroo harvester)
AMPSS00018 – Game harvester skill set
Vertebrate pesticide induction training (VPIT)

AQF3 Chemical Accreditation

(While we are fully qualified and are able to implement vertebrate pesticide treatments, we choose not to recommend poisons or biological agents to clients. We believe these methods can lead to prolonged suffering and present unacceptable risks to non-target species, including livestock, working dogs, and native wildlife.)

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Insurance

$20M public liability policy held for conducting professional contract shooting operations.

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Equipment

Each piece of equipment is specifically chosen for each project, to maximise efficiency and give the greatest value for money to our customers.

  • Air rifles tuned to prevent damage to infrastructure, equipped with day, thermal or night-vision optics: Best for pest bird or rat control inside or around buildings e.g. schools, commercial or industrial sites.

  • Silenced rimfire firearms equipped with day, thermal or night-vision optics: Best for pest animals in non-rural areas.

  • Appropriately sized silenced centrefire firearms equipped with day, thermal or night-vision optics: Best for pest animals in rural areas.

  • Silenced, semi-automatic firearms equipped with day, thermal or night-vision optics: Best for large quantities of pest animals in rural areas.

 

Surveillance Equipment​

  • Remote controlled drones: capable of capturing videos of pest animal species, locations and numbers. Better suited for more open areas.

  • Trail cameras: capable of capturing images and videos of pest animals species and numbers in multiple locations. Better suited for animal tracks and heavily wooded areas​

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