Wild Cattle at Tennent, ACT
Identification history
| Bos taurus | 27 Dec 2019 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Bos taurus | 27 Dec 2019 | MattM |
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User's notes
Cow pats along the Smokers Trail once the path met the bush near the Square Rock carpark. Cow pats found again alongside a creek running into a grassy herbfield. A natural spring had been churned up by cows. A cow was could be heard mooing from somewhere near the herbfield.
The herbfield had been completely churned up by the cows, and was completely dry.
Does this area have a grazing plan? I was quite surprised that such a sensitive area would have cows. I thought we only had pigs in the area. I would be interested to know what history this area has with cattle if anyone can shed some light.
3 comments
DonFletcher
wrote:
28 Dec 2019
It is a drought. In previous droughts (e.g. 1983, 2002) large numbers of livestock from nearby leases were found in Namadgi National Park. This location is not far from the Booroomba lease, and there is a natural route up to SF. Anyway they are likely to be owned cattle. There is a rich tradition of delay in the removal of such strays. But I suggest you forward your photos to the PCS Rural Unit in Stromlo Depot, and also to Namadgi National Park. cheers
MattM
wrote:
28 Dec 2019
Thanks Don, and thanks Michael. I will send an email to the rural services and livestock management at Stromlo.
Location information
- Coordinates 148.943661-35.537778
- Altitude 1285.0m
- Maps Namadgi National Park
- Places Tennent, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 - 3 Abundance
- 25 Dec 2019 12:17 PM Recorded on
- MattM Recorded by
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Collections
Mammals Other hoofed mammals Feral hoofed introduced mammals MattM
Species information
- Bos taurus Scientific name
- Wild Cattle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1285m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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