I heard a chap on the radio today describing how his dog came back to their caravan (which was in the Sandstone area in a bush camp) and he was carrying the leg of a kangaroo. 

The chap took the leg off him and almost immediately the dog started to have convulsions and frothing at the mouth and yelping in agony.  The man's wife could not take watching it going through death throes and ran into the caravan, while the man got his rifle and put the dog out of it's misery.  After burying his dog, he scouted around and found the carcass of a kangaroo that had been obviously dosed with poison as a bait, and laying near the kangaroo were the bodies of a wedge tail eagle and crows that had obviously fed on the body of the kangaroo and died also.

The radio announcer went on to say he had contacted a government department who said the area in question was private property and the poisoning was not done by the department, however, poisoned baits are dropped by plane in National and State National parks to control the dingo and fox populations.  Also that many property owners or leaseholders do their own baiting in their own areas.  

Anyone coming to WA who pull up at rest areas or free/bush camps should be very aware that their pets may pick up one of these baits which can also be picked up and dropped by birds in areas close to the road.  The only way to protect your pet is to make sure they are muzzled when outside your RV at roadside stops/camps and only remove it to feed them or to allow them to drink, then only when supervised and put the muzzle back on them until you move on.  

I watched a fox terrier of mine die from baiting and it is something I have never forgotten it is a rotten death.  I believe some baiters are also using eggs impregnated with poison as well for dingo's and fox's with no concern about the other wildlife or pets that may eat them. No areas in WA are safe from these mongrels and that includes the suburbs.

Vic