Sherbrooke Forest lies within the Shire of Yarra Ranges .

For many years prior to 1996, predation of forest animals by local cats and (packs of) dogs, as well as by roaming foxes, was common.  In particular the lyrebird population had been shrinking at an alarming rate .

An approach to then Shire of Sherbrooke resulted in the Animal Control Local Law being enacted.  This requires residents to restrain animals in order to, amongst other things, "protect the welfare of native/indigenous wildlife, domestic and farm animals".  This law can be accessed on the  Yarra Ranges Shire Council website  

Parks Victoria also has an agenda for controlling stray animals so that, all in all, we have been pleased to note an increase in lyrebird numbers over the years despite some continuing predation.  We can be certain of this as these birds are closely monitored by the  Sherbrooke Lyrebird Group  .

Although there are no figures, we assume that other animals such as possums, smaller birds, antechinus and others will have been bothered less by introduced predators.