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A letter to all sheep owners East of Katanning requesting farmers to pay a levy to be used for the eradication of wild dogs in the district. There is no date on the pamphlet and there are some handwritten corrections. The secretary of the club is J. Nagle.
A request for farmers to pay a levy of five shillings per 100 sheep to allow for the destruction of wild dogs in the district.
An article in the Great Southern Herald dated 19 Apr 1924 outlining the pests that wild dogs and cross breeding with dingoes has become.
An article from the Great Southern Herald dated 20 Aug 1924, regarding a meeting at Badgebup to form a wild dog club in conjunction with Kwobrup. The article states that the meeting authorised a letter be written to all sheep owners East of Katanning and south of Warren Road.
Courtesy of Katanning Historical Society.
