General News
14 July, 2026
United effort removes pigs
MORE than 800 feral pigs have been removed from throughout the Cassowary Coast over the past 12 months thanks to a coordinated regional effort involving the sugar and banana industries, local landholders, environmental organisations, council and other key stakeholders.
The Cassowary Coast’s feral pig executive oversight group leads the cross-industry approach, bringing together key stakeholders to coordinate targeted control programs that reduce the impacts of feral pigs on agriculture, the environment and the community.
This result has been achieved through a combination of aerial shooting, council trapping operations and landholder trapping and baiting, demonstrating the strength of a coordinated regional response.
Mayor Teresa Millwood said the results highlighted the value of working together to tackle one of the region’s most persistent biosecurity challenges.
“Feral pigs have a significant impact on our environment, agricultural land and natural ecosystems, so it’s encouraging to see what can be achieved when organisations and landholders work together towards a common goal,” she said.
“This program is a great example of collaboration in action, and we’d like to thank everyone involved, including our industry partners, Queensland Government, landholders and community members who continue to report feral pig activity.”
Council said Terrain NRM had been invaluable over the past 12 months in expanding the operational component of the feral pig management program.
The support has helped target feral pig impacts on endangered vegetation within the Wet Tropics and funded the purchase of five additional traps to strengthen council’s landholder trapping support program.
Council has three recycled cane bin pig traps remaining that are available for purchase by interested landholders to assist with ongoing feral pig control efforts.
Information from community members and landholders regarding feral pig activity and problem areas helps council and its partners develop targeted control programs where they are needed most.
For the safety of the public and native wildlife and to ensure the effectiveness of the program, residents must not to interfere with traps under any circumstances.
Residents are also reminded that council-operated feral pig traps are monitored 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
The continued partnership between council, government, industry representatives and local landholders will remain critical to reducing the impacts of feral pigs across the Cassowary Coast.
For further information contact Council at 1300 763 903 or email enquiries@cassowarycoast.qld.gov.au
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