Pest Control Services
The SSAA Farmer Assist program has been developed to enable farmers with wildlife management issues to seek pest control assistance from licensed and insured SSAA members.
The Sporting Shooters’ Association of Australia (SSAA) launched its SSAA Farmer Assist program throughout Australia in a staged roll-out. This program has been developed to provide farmers and landholders with a simple way of finding qualified SSAA members to undertake shooting as part of pest control activities. This service is provided at no cost. That’s right… It is FREE to use!
The program has a unique online portal that acts as an introductory service. Farmers and landholders simply register and then use the program’s Jobs Board to seek pest control assistance to deal with problem wildlife on their properties. Once the request has been added to the Jobs Board, only registered members approved for the program can respond to the request. Farmers then simply choose which member/s they want to contact after viewing submitted applications.
For extra peace of mind, all SSAA members participating in the SSAA Farmer Assist program are covered by the Association’s $20 million public liability insurance policy. Members involved in the program have also committed to a strict code of practice that incorporates safety, animal welfare and ethical shooting. Members must undertake an assessment to display a professional-like shooting standard.
Our members can assist with controlling a wide variety of pest animals. The main species of pest animals that we can help with are listed below:
Wild dog control
Wild dogs can cause a significant impact on agricultural production and the environment. Wild dogs are predators that harm and kill both livestock and native animals. The main methods of control of wild dogs include poisoning, trapping, shooting, fencing and using guarding animals …
Feral pig control
Feral Pigs can cause a significant impact on agricultural production by preying on livestock, reducing crop yields, damaging infrastructure and consuming or damaging pasture. The main methods of control of feral pigs include poisoning, trapping, shooting and fencing …
Feral cat control
Feral cats can cause a significant impact on small native animals, birds, lizards and insects. They also can pass on disease to livestock. The main methods of control of feral cats include poisoning, trapping, shooting and fencing …
Fox control
Foxes can cause a significant impact on agricultural production and the environment. Foxes are predators that harm and kill both livestock and native animals. The main methods of control of foxes include baiting, trapping and shooting …
Rabbit control
Rabbits can cause a significant impact on agricultural production by reducing crop yields, damaging infrastructure and consuming or damaging pasture. The main methods of control of rabbits include poisoning, trapping, shooting, bio-control and fencing …
Feral goat control
Feral Goats can cause a significant impact on agricultural production and the environment. Feral goats can consume or damage pasture and native habitats. The main methods of control of feral goats include trapping, shooting, mustering and fencing …
Wild deer control
Wild deer can impact on agricultural production and the environment if their populations are not managed. The main methods of control of wild deer include trapping, shooting and fencing …
Pest bird control
Pest birds can impact on agricultural production and the environment if their populations are not managed. The main methods of control of pest birds include trapping, shooting and netting …
Kangaroo control
At times kangaroo (and wallaby) populations can grow to a level that they can become an agricultural pest where they compete with livestock and damage pasture …
The SSAA has spent time and effort developing this program to help our farming community. They are a very important part of our society and this program is one way that our members can show their appreciation and support. We are committed to helping our farmers tackle pest animals. Pest animals negatively impact both Australia’s agricultural and natural resources.
Pest Control
