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Secti<strong>on</strong> 6 Stakeholder survey<br />
General survey results<br />
A total <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> 42 people resp<strong>on</strong>ded to our stakeholder survey <strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>feral</str<strong>on</strong>g> animal <str<strong>on</strong>g>management</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Australian Rangel<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g>s. We had resp<strong>on</strong>ses from private l<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> managers,<br />
community groups, l<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> protecti<strong>on</strong> boards, aboriginal l<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> managers, state agencies,<br />
Rangel<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> c<strong>on</strong>sultancy firms, <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> catchment <str<strong>on</strong>g>management</str<strong>on</strong>g> authorities (Table 13).<br />
Resp<strong>on</strong>dents were evenly spread around <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Australian Rangel<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g>s although <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
resp<strong>on</strong>se from Queensl<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> was low (Table 14).<br />
Table 13 Capacity <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> survey resp<strong>on</strong>dents<br />
Group % <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> resp<strong>on</strong>dents<br />
Private l<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> managers 33%<br />
Community group 21%<br />
L<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> protecti<strong>on</strong> boards 12%<br />
Aboriginal l<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> managers 12%<br />
State agencies 10%<br />
Rangel<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> c<strong>on</strong>sultants 7%<br />
Catchment <str<strong>on</strong>g>management</str<strong>on</strong>g> authorities 5%<br />
Table 14 Distributi<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> resp<strong>on</strong>dents<br />
State or Territory % <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> resp<strong>on</strong>dents<br />
Western Australia 31%<br />
South Australia 26%<br />
Nor<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>rn Territory 24%<br />
New South Wales 14%<br />
Queensl<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> 5%<br />
In general, <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> survey resp<strong>on</strong>ses varied with <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> resp<strong>on</strong>dents backgrounds <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
capacity more than with <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>ir geographical locati<strong>on</strong>. In particular, private l<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
managers <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> c<strong>on</strong>sultants were typically dissatisfied with government efforts in <str<strong>on</strong>g>feral</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
animal <str<strong>on</strong>g>management</str<strong>on</strong>g> in arid regi<strong>on</strong>s <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>ir <str<strong>on</strong>g>management</str<strong>on</strong>g> efforts were underappreciated<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> under-valued.<br />
The <str<strong>on</strong>g>feral</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>animals</str<strong>on</strong>g> most comm<strong>on</strong>ly reported to have a detrimental <str<strong>on</strong>g>impact</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>on</strong><br />
Rangel<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> biodiversity were cats, house mice, wild dogs, rabbits, foxes, goats <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
horses (Figure 2). Cats were also reported <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> most frequently to have a high<br />
detrimental envir<strong>on</strong>mental <str<strong>on</strong>g>impact</str<strong>on</strong>g>, followed by wild dogs, foxes, goats, rabbits <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
d<strong>on</strong>keys.<br />
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