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Field, Justin to the
Leader of the Government in the Legislative Council, Special Minister of State, Minister for the Public Service and Employee Relations, Aboriginal Affairs, and the Arts, Vice-President of the Executive Council representing the Minister for Energy and Environment
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(1) What is the best estimate of the numbers of feral goats in the national parks estate for each of the past 20 years? (2) What is the best estimate of the numbers of feral goats in the national parks estate in the Western Division for each of the past 20 years? (3) What is the best estimate of the numbers of feral goats in the Paroo-Darling National Park for each of the past 20 years? (4) How many feral goats have been removed through trapping and mustering from the national parks estate in each of the past 20 years? (5) How many feral goats have been removed through trapping and mustering from the national parks estate in the Western Division in each of the past 20 years? (6) How many feral goats have been removed through trapping and mustering from the Paroo-Darling National Park in each of the past 20 years? (7) How many feral goats, which have been removed from the national parks estate, have been subsequently sold commercially in each of the past 20 years? (8) How many feral goats, which have been removed from the national parks estate in the Western Division, have been subsequently sold commercially in each of the past 20 years? (9) How many feral goats, which have been removed from the Paroo-Darling National Park, have been subsequently sold commercially in each of the past 20 years? |
I am advised that: (1) – (3) Estimates of feral goat numbers in New South Wales are based on aerial surveys undertaken by the Department of Planning, Industry and Environment in conjunction with the commercial Kangaroo Management Program, which is generally west of the Great Dividing Range. This region correlates with the greatest concentration of feral goats in New South Wales. The survey results are not broken down to the level requested YEAR | ESTIMATED NUMBER IN WESTERN NSW | 1999 | 532,145 | 2000 | 892,128 | 2001 | 1,423,904 | 2002 | 1,145,252 | 2003 | 1,072,930 | 2004 | 1,520,813 | 2005 | 1,687,912 | 2006 | 1,368,976 | 2007 | 1,771,187 | 2008 | 2,483,859 | 2009 | 2,142,548 | 2010 | 2,446,205 | 2011 | 2,998,698 | 2012 | 3,059,487 | 2013 | 3,387,155 | 2014 | Goats not counted | 2015 | Goats not counted | 2016 | 5,797,280 | 2017 | 3,492,097 | 2018 | 2,196,245 | 2019 | 3,876,301 | 2020 | 4,993,531 | (4) Centralised collection and collation of mustering and trapping records has been undertaken by the National Parks and Wildlife Service since 2014. The number of feral goats removed since 2014 as at 25 September 2020 is: YEAR | NUMBER | | | 2014 | 35220 | | | 2015 | 25208 | | | 2016 | 25328 | | | 2017 | 31642 | | | 2018 | 6433 | | | 2019 | 13885 | | | 2020 | 9007 | | | (5) Centralised collection and collation of mustering and trapping records has been undertaken by the National Parks and Wildlife Service since 2014. The number of feral goats removed since 2014 as at 25 September 2020 is: YEAR | NUMBER | | | | | 2014 | 32211 | | | | | 2015 | 22298 | | | | | 2016 | 23447 | | | | | 2017 | 29270 | | | | | 2018 | 5060 | | | | | 2019 | 13705 | | | | | 2020 | 8919 | | | | | (6) Centralised collection and collation of mustering and trapping records has been undertaken by the National Parks and Wildlife Service since 2014. The number of feral goats removed since 2014 as at 25 September 2020 is: YEAR | NUMBER | | | | | | | 2014 | 786 | | | | | | | 2015 | 6660 | | | | | | | 2016 | 2472 | | | | | | | 2017 | 1307 | | | | | | | 2018 | 996 | | | | | | | 2019 | 343 | | | | | | | 2020 | 222 | | | | | | |
(7) All mustering and trapping was undertaken by contractors, with the consent of the National Parks and Wildlife Service, who then commercially sold the feral goats. (8) See answer to question 7. (9) See answer to question 7. |
