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Management Activity

Pest animals include terrestrial and aquatic animal life with characteristics that are regarded as unwanted.  It is possible for an animal to be considered a pest in some circumstances but not others.  An animal is a pest if in a given situation it is known to cause one or more of the following outcomes:

• Has a negative impact on primary or other production;
• Has a negative impact on human health or safety;
• Directly reduces the sustainability of native flora or fauna populations or the resources upon which these depend; and/or 
• Creates a nuisance that reduces the quality of life for a community.

Prevention and integrated control measures are very important to minimise the social, economic and environmental impacts of pests.

The direct impacts of pest animal control may include:

• Increased ground cover
• Increased canopy cover
• Reduced pest animals