Hullo all cat controllers.
Patently, complete and permanent
elimination of all feral cats will not be possible. BUT, by a combination of
ongoing, (and ongoing), measures, including fencing, trapping, poisoning,
shooting, dogging, darting and sprinkling salt on their tails, by any and
all effective means, as well as continuous monitoring and implementation, the
numbers can be dramatically reduced and vulnerable wildlife protected to a very
significant degree. Unless some Ebola-like cat disease occurs, Australia-wide
eradication won’t happen, but in finite areas such as around water in “deserts”
and other relatively localised conservation hotspots eg Mornington, it is
practical.
Continuous monitoring and implementation
would be crucial.
To that extent cat control is very
do-able. It really boils down to willingness to do it, and dollars
The possibility that a Night Parrot has
been taken by a feral cat has kick-started a small publicity campaign about
feral cats and their control, the Federal Government is apparently putting out
a Conservation Paper on the topic. This thread on Birding-aus has produced
many constructive ideas. Both Federal and State Governments would need to
come onside.
Implementing Govt. support is out of my
area and beyond my time lines, does anyone out there have experience in that
field?
Cheers
Michael
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