Cost anticipated or known at time of Action Comments TAP development for action times Exclusion fencing Fencing (total cost) $7,000–14,000 per Can be double in hilly country kilometre. Components: Fencing materials $2,600 per kilometre Fencing labour $45 per hour Trapping Trap costs $650–800 each; comprising: Depends on trap type these – estimates are provided for a Trapping materials for 1 trap $200–500 weldmesh style figure 6 trap. Labour construction for 1 trap ranges – from $25–$45 per hour for one day per trap. Maintenance labour with vehicle is $100,000 per year. An extra person adds $70,000 per year. Labour checking traps $45 per hour, full – day to check traps. Vehicle use $1.20 per kilometre and may average 150 km per day. Materials bait (molasses/ apples/grain) – $10 per kilogram. Also need to include ammunition/firearm costs plus training requirements for use of corporate firearms. Aerial shooting Helicopter $1100–1200 per hour of flight Labour $75 per hour of flight Ammunition $100–150 per hour of flight Poisoning with 1080 Grain + 1080 at 0.016 litres (16 mls) per (meat or grain baits) kilogram, $250–300 per 100 kilograms Meat $1.80 per bait (2.4 mls injected 1080) Grain is $12/25kg, need to pre-feed for 1 month. Baiting programs can cost as little as $1,000–2,000 for the materials. Poisoning with Estimated $60 for quantity sufficient to kill sodium nitrite up to 20 pigs (estimated; not released for use yet) Research projects, $250,000 annually per researcher. including development of new
Action Cost anticipated or known at time of TAP development for action times Comments Exclusion fencing Fencing (total cost) $7,000–14,000 per kilometre. Components: Fencing materials $2,600 per kilometre Fencing labour $45 per hour Can be double in hilly country Trapping Trap costs $650–800 each; comprising: Trapping materials for 1 trap $200–500 Labour – construction for 1 trap ranges from $25–$45 per hour for one day per trap. Maintenance labour with vehicle is $100,000 per year. An extra person adds $70,000 per year. Labour – checking traps $45 per hour, full day to check traps. Vehicle use $1.20 per kilometre and may average 150 km per day. Materials – bait (molasses/ apples/grain) $10 per kilogram. Also need to include ammunition/firearm costs plus training requirements for use of corporate firearms. Depends on trap type – these estimates are provided for a weldmesh style figure 6 trap. Aerial shooting Helicopter $1100–1200 per hour of flight Labour $75 per hour of flight Ammunition $100–150 per hour of flight Poisoning with 1080 (meat or grain baits) Grain + 1080 at 0.016 litres (16 mls) per kilogram, $250–300 per 100 kilograms Meat $1.80 per bait (2.4 mls injected 1080) Grain is $12/25kg, need to pre-feed for 1 month. Baiting programs can cost as little as $1,000–2,000 for the materials. Poisoning with sodium nitrite (estimated; not released for use yet) Estimated $60 for quantity sufficient to kill up to 20 pigs Research projects, including development of new $250,000 annually per researcher.