Status: Completed
Start date: 29 April 2016
Completion date: 6 May 2019
Project code: A-008
Species/Threats: European foxes, Wild dogs
This project developed a Lethal Trap Device (LTD) that can be fitted to all approved leg hold traps, replacing Strychnine, to deliver an effective lethal dose of PAPP in the form of a PAPPutty™.
This project built on the research and development of an LTD initiated by Victorian researchers and continued by NSW DPI through Invasive Animals CRC funding from 2005-2018.
The APVMA advised that the application for the registration of PAPPutty™ has been fully assessed and was passed for delegate approval. The registration application for PAPPutty™ was subsequently granted by the APVMA on 28 September 2020 and arrangements are underway to distribute them nationally through Animal Control Technologies Australia (ACTA).
The BiteMe™ product was not taken to full commercialisation stage as our commercialisation partner advised that it was not likely that the product would be commercially viable.
Meek P, Brown S, Wishart J, Milne H, Aylett P, Humphrys S, Ballard, G and Fleming P (2018) Efficacy of Lethal Trap Devices to improve the welfare of trapped wild dogs Wildlife Research 46(1), 89-95. https://doi.org/10.1071/WR18129
Meek P, Shorter K and Falzon G (2018) Do lethal trap devices threaten foot-hold trap capture efficacy? International Journal of Pest Management 65(1), 66-71. https://doi.org/10.1080/09670874.2018.1462538
