Introduced and pest animals
Managing pest animals
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Legal requirements
Landholders are responsible for controlling pest animals on their properties, and adhering to the rules around keeping or transporting them.
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Using poisons
Learn how to correctly use poisons to control pest animal species and protect native wildlife.
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Keeping declared animals
You may need a permit to keep non-native species. These declared animals must be managed to avoid potential pest risks.
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About introduced and pest animals
Introduced animals, including dingos and dingo hybrids, are known as declared animals under the Landscape South Australia Act 2019.
There are restrictions and requirements to keep, move, sell, release, or destroy some of these species. Landholders must control pest animals on their land to prevent:
- competition with livestock and native wildlife
- contamination or consumption of crops, pasture and seeds
- spread of disease and health problems
- damage to infrastructure and the natural environment.
Alert pests are introduced animals that pose a serious threat, but have minimal impact because they:
- have not yet arrived in South Australia
- may only be here in low numbers
- are held in captivity.
Pests cost Australian agriculture billions of dollars each year. See the list of declared animals () and restrictions imposed for different species.
Invasive Species Unit
PIRSA's Invasive Species Unit and Landscape Boards support landholders to manage pest animals and prevent new species from establishing.
Staff deliver policy and technical advice, enforcement activities, and research into tools that control established populations.
