Gnaraloo commenced trapping Rangeland goats during November 2009. ‘We are aiming to trap and remove at least 600 large male bucks in the first round of the extraction program as they do the most damage to country. We have already separated approximately 300 large bucks into holding yards awaiting transportation off the property’ station owner, Mr Paul Richardson said.

Gnaraloo will continue to reduce goat numbers on the station as the opportunity arises. The property applied and was included during 2008/09 in an Ecologically Sustainable Rangeland Management project, jointly managed by Rangelands NRM WA, Department of Environment and Conservation and Department of Agriculture and Food, which assisted it in its investment to build the infrastructure required to capture, hold and transport goats off the property.

Karen Hattingh, Gnaraloo’s Environmental Advisor: ‘This is an important initiative to continue protecting Rangeland condition at Gnaraloo and is part of the environmental priorities for the business for the financial year 2009/10’.

Gnaraloo is managed on a Triple Bottom Line basis to guide decision-making on environmental, social and economic grounds.

Check back later for further updates on the goat extraction initiative.

Thursday 26th November 2009

Early Thursday morning a big B double semi truck arrived at Gnaraloo, ready to collect the goats.

Gnaraloo was successful in Getting 674 Male Goats onto the truck early that morning. That's more goats then we first initiated.

Paul Richardson the station owner said 'Goats are known to eat 3% of their body weight in a day, so the 674 goats we moved could of eaten approximately 450 tonnes in a year'.