It's a shot a nature photographer might feel lucky to catch, made all the more impressive as it was snapped by a surveillance camera.
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The image of a wedge-tailed eagle chasing a fox was captured in Oxley Wild Rivers National Park, near mixed livestock enterprises.
It's part of a NSW Department of Primary Industries and University of New England program monitoring invasive species in northern NSW.
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Hundreds of cameras have been installed across the region, watching for invasive predators such as foxes, wild dogs and feral cats and helping the agencies monitor how well management programs are working.
A DPI spokesperson said the photo was snapped just before the annual aerial and ground baiting program on private and public lands.
"The benefit of the baiting program ... is a huge drop in wild dog and fox activity but no harm to populations of native species, such as quolls and wedge-tailed eagles.
"So even if the eagle didn't get the fox, the local baiting program almost certainly will."
They said people living on the land could help in the program by visiting http://bit.ly/2wBJBss to map feral animal sightings.