PHOTO: Traps are beng built to catch Indian Mynas around the Western Plains as part of the DIMCP.
There are only three birds listed on the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) list of the 100 most invasive species on the planet, and the Indian myna is one of them. Unfortunately the bird is becoming more common across the Western Plains, prompting the establishment of The Dubbo Indian Myna Control Program (DIMCP) in March last year following a call for support from Wongarbon resident, Damien Sallustio, to Dubbo Environment Group’s President, Margaret Mcdonald.
Now DIMCP President and a passionate environmental advocate, Ms McDonald was successful in applying for funding through the Central West Local Land Services (CWLLS)and has been instrumental in setting up a program to trap and dispose of the birds.
“Ten years ago, we hardly saw Indian Myna’s in the western region,” Ms McDonald said. “Now we are seeing more and more of them…