Wild dogs continue to be a major problem throughout the country. In NSW, scientific officials have declared them a key threatening process.

Andrew Martin runs sheep on his south-west Queensland property, and says his donkeys have been a revelation.

"Donkeys and wild dogs are like birds and cats," he explains. "There's just an unbelievable ongoing hatred of one another. I've seen donkeys at full tilt, they'll never win the Melbourne Cup, but they keep up until they catch the dog, and they will kill the dog."

Mr Martin says the wild dogs problem for landholders is "nearly out of control". He says they pose a risk to public health and cause economic problems for farmers.

He admits he's had some interesting reactions from people. "The louder they laugh, the more I'm encouraged," he says.

Andrew Martin has been using alpacas to tend his sheep for more than a decade, but says donkeys are preferable because of their low maintenance.

"They don't need shearing, thankfully! They're not only highly intelligent, they live for 40 to 60 years. And they don't need a great deal of management once you re-domesticate them out of the wild.

"You don't teach donkeys their intuitive hatred of dogs. Horses have an intuitive hatred of dogs too. But horses aren't as intelligent as donkeys. Donkeys have been domesticated for much longer, and in much bigger numbers around the world."

Andrew Martin says his next mission is to convince his neighbours to start using donkeys to help "push back" the wild dog problem in his area.