Control Methods vs Legislation | Black-Jacked jackal

DAMAGE CAUSING ANIMAL: BLACK BACKED JACKAL

Conservationist

Species

Control method -no permits required

Control method – permits required

Contact person

Department of Environmental Affairs

All species listed as threatened or protected in terms of section 56 of the National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act, 2004 (Act No. 10 of 2004).

Generally include, but not limited to, the following species:

Leopard
Lion
Cheetah
African wild dog
Elephant

It does not include caracal and black-backed jackal

Methods for which a permit may not be issued:

Gin traps
Poison other than Compound 1080

A permit is required to hunt/ kill, or to capture and translocate, a DCA.

The following methods are permissible, if specified on the permit mentioned above:

The use of:

Poison (only Compound 1080 is permissible)
Bait and traps, only in the following circumstances:
(i) if the DCA is in the immediate vicinity of the carcass of domestic stock or wildlife which it has, or apparently has, killed; and
(ii) if a DCA is about to cause damage to stock or wildlife
Luring by sound or smell
Dogs, only to flush a DCA or to track a wounded DCA
Darting, for the translocation of a live DCA
The use of a motorised vehicle, aircraft or spot lights

Ms Olga Kumalo

012 – 310 3573

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Conservationist	Control method -no permits required	Control method – permits required	Contact person
Cape Nature	Shooting during daylight hours for landowner. Hunting license and written approval if not the owner. All non-lethal methods.	Call and shoot (All applicants) Approved soft traps (PMF members) Small stock protection collar (PMF members) Registered Sniffer dogs (PMF members, no contact between dogs and DCAs)	CapeNature Permit Section: 021-4830121 or 021-4830120 or www.capenature.co.za Download application for prohibited hunting method
KZN Wildlife	Does not appear on TOPS lists or in the Ordinance.	Contact your District Conservation Officer (DCO) who will advise and assist if necessary.	KZN Centralised permit application Sharron Hughes (033) 8451968 / This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. In the case of DCA, it is better to contact the DCO directly as generally permits are not required – and prompt action is. If this DCA is an emergency, the land owner can act immediately and contact his/her DCO thereafter (within 24hrs). The DCO will undertake the necessary field inspection and approve the permit post facto.
DETEA - Free State Province	Shooting Call and shoot day and night Shooting by vehicle and Helicopter Leg holding device by landowners. Landowner by means of own hunting dogs on own land. All the non- lethal methods like Livestock Protection Collar etc. Non-landowners need written permission from landowners.	Leg holding device by non-landowner Poisoned collar, Registered hunting dogs.	DETEA Free State Permit Office. (051) 4009527 /13 Lourens Goosen (051) 4009534 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.