Wild dog check fences

The wild dog check fences were built to protect animals in the adjacent cropping and grazing lands. Although the check fences do not physically link up with the wild dog barrier fence, they play an important role in wild dog control in southern Queensland.

Some sections of the Darling Downs-Moreton Rabbit Board fence are top-netted to wild dog-proof standard, and these form part of the check fences.

In 1984 the wild dog check fences were restored by the state government as part of the wild dog barrier fence restoration program. They were then handed over to local governments, with the agreement that they would oversee and fund the maintenance of the fences to a dog-proof standard. Most of the fences have been well maintained and have been improved from their original condition.

The map below shows the location of the check fences in relation to the wild dog barrier fence and the Darling Downs-Moreton Rabbit Board fence.