Conservationists are confident invasive predator is dead allowing native creatures to roam free in NSW’s Pilliga Scrub once more
He was the fantastic fox that derailed a multi-million dollar plan to reintroduce endangered native species into one of Australia’s largest forests. But after a five-year hunt that involved 10,400 traps, 3,500 baits, 73 stakeouts, 55 days of scent-tracking dogs and 97 infrared cameras filming 40-hours a week, the red fox nicknamed “Rambo” is officially “no longer”.
Pilliga operations manager, Wayne Sparrow, has managed the hunt for Rambo for five years. “When we started fencing the enclosure in 2018, Rambo was just a kit and we reckon he lost his mother to a trap and a sibling to 1080-bait soon after,” says Sparrow. “That was his education, and it made him this reclusive, shy, intuitive animal. But he was no typical fox.”
In the Pilliga, as the hunt for Rambo stretched into years, Sparrow became increasingly desperate. He brought in Indigenous trackers, ex-military assassins, soft-jaw trap specialists, even a hunting-dog breeder who claimed to have bred a “beagle-kelpie fox-finder” hybrid. “I am 100% confident he is gone,” Sparrow told the Guardian. “After a huge volume of work and a lot of stress, it’s over. Rambo will always be in my thoughts but he’s finally left my dreams.”
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