The Department of Primary Industries (DPI), NSW Farmers Association and New South Wales Police Force will join forces to combat illegal hunting through the use of an online survey.
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The survey, which is expected to take between five and 10 minutes, is designed for farmers and property owners to give authorities an indication as to where illegal hunting is taking place.
NSW Police rural crime coordinator Cameron Whiteside says the survey is the beginning of a strengthening bond between organisations.
“We’re really pleased to work with the Game Licensing Unit and New South Wales farmers – this is just part of that relationship,” Detective Inspector Whiteside said.
This information will be able to put police and inspectors in the right place.
“Historically we’ve addressed illegal hunting and trespassing with intelligence but coupled with our intelligence analysts and this information will be able to put police and inspectors in the right place.
The DPI launched the Illegal Hunting and Trespass survey at the NSW Farmers site at the Mudgee Small Farm Field Day on Friday, July 13.
Jonathan Tuckfield and Kathy Rankin from NSW Farmers joined Cameron Whiteside from NSW Police and Richard Varvel from the DPI’s Game Licensing unit at the launch.
You can access the illegal hunting survey on the DPI website by following this link: https://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/hunting.
