Management from Above | Commercial Pest Control in Sydney

The usage of drones has skyrocketed in recent years, and not only in the sort of applications which find their way on to the news or create viral videos. At their most basic, drones are simply long-range model airplanes, utilising the newest methods of communications to allow an operator to fly them from great distances. We most often see their destructive applications, but drones, from a wildlife management perspective, have a lot to offer commercial pest control in Sydney and elsewhere.

Plainly, opposed to manned aircraft, drones are far more efficient. They are not obliged to carry the crew’s heavy weight, or fuel for these large engines. You are left with a device that operates softly, with a smaller footprint – a huge advantage around skittish wildlife.

Lately, such drones have been employed in areas of New South Wales that are suffering from wild dogs encroaching on farmer’s livestock. These feral dogs form large packs, and being feral since birth, are extremely wily and difficult to track on foot.

The employment of military-grade drones in a test region on the New South Wales/Queensland border brought added benefits: wildlife baiting, a population control method, can be done methodically, with precision. Formerly, baiting was apt to impact a number of species in the area, who would come for the tasty morsel. However, these drones have the lifting power to delivery it more directly. As a tool for commercial pest controllers, and state agencies, throughout Sydney and around the state, the drone will likely continue to increase in importance.