Feral Hog Concern Inc

The National Feral Pig Action Plan

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Feral pigs are a major pest that continue to pose a significant threat to Australia’s $80 billion agricultural industry, destroying crops and pastures, spreading weeds and disease and preying on livestock. Feral pigs also cause serious damage to the natural environment.
The economic cost to Australian agriculture of feral pig activity, including infrastructure and control costs, was conservatively estimated in 2002 to be in excess of $100m per year (Bomford and Hart 2002). This estimate does not include those costs associated with environmental, biodiversity and social impacts caused by feral pigs, reflecting the difficulty and complexity involved in quantifying these costs.
As this economic cost estimate is derived from studies conducted over twenty years ago, work is underway to better understand the economic impact of feral pigs and assess their non-market environmental and social impacts.
In December 2019, the Australian Government provided $1.4 million over 3.5 years to Australian Pork Limited (APL) to establish a National Feral Pig Management Coordinator to facilitate the delivery of feral pig management approaches on a national, regional and local scale, undertake stakeholder engagement, drive effective investment and raise awareness of feral pig issues.
In July 2023, the National Feral Pig Management Program was extended for two years until June 2025.
This work will help to ensure that the most effective feral pig control methods are understood, used and applied according to national Model Codes of Practice and Standard Operating Procedures that have been developed to provide guidance on best practice; strengthening the on-ground work carried out by state and territory governments and landholders.