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Unidentified at suppressed - 5 Jun 2024
Unidentified at suppressed - 5 Jun 2024
Unidentified at suppressed - 5 Jun 2024
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Unidentified 5 Jun 2024 SarahHnatiuk

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We assume there were only a small number of animals as area of disturbed ground was limited. A bull and sheep from a neighbouring paddock were found on the reserve about 3 weeks ago. Could they have been responsible?

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DonFletcher wrote:
   5 Jun 2024
Does not look 3 weeks old. Not echidna. Looks like wombat. But usually there would be wombat footprints visible. On closer inspection, is that a cloven hoof print in 2nd photo? If it is a hoof print, I'd be thinking feral pig, sambar or fallow deer, but if so, this style of digging is atypical for those species.

Also consider human and EGK. Kangaroos sometimes dig like that for salt, and if they find salty soil, in time can make holes 60cm deep. Or maybe you have a 10 kg pink rabbit?
Paul4K wrote:
   5 Jun 2024
Have seen pig damage that looks like this, soil dependant.
SarahHnatiuk wrote:
   6 Jun 2024
I have seen extensive disturbance of this kind in the Bullock Paddock Road area not far from Uriarra Village. We found a pig trap there while monitoring plantings in this area which left us thinking that pigs were responsible.
DonFletcher wrote:
   7 Jun 2024
Feral Pig seems most likely. A dropping or footprint could confirm it, or some typical pig ripping. Maybe more sign will turn up soon.

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