What is a pest animal?
A pest animal is an animal that has been declared as a prohibited pest animal or a controlled pest animal or a regulated pest animal or an established pest animal. These categories of pest animals are established in the Catchment and Land Protection Act 1994. Species are assigned to a category based on criteria in the Act and proclaimed by declaration in the Victorian Government Gazette. With the exception of dingos these animals are animals that did not occur naturally in the wild in Australia before European Settlement. These animals are often referred to as exotics or exotic pest animals.
