In Australia, outdoor cats/ feral cats take a wide variety of native species of mammals, birds and reptiles causing a significant impact on native populations.
Locally the potential management of this threat is being investigated by the Albany and Surrounds Feral Cat Working Group with representative from local catchment groups, government, vets, community members etc. and they recommend the following literature to answer your particular cat questions. To contact our Oyster Harbour Catchment Group Rep. please email Jenni viajenni.loveland@ohcg.org.au
Locally the potential management of this threat is being investigated by the Albany and Surrounds Feral Cat Working Group with representative from local catchment groups, government, vets, community members etc. and they recommend the following literature to answer your particular cat questions. To contact our Oyster Harbour Catchment Group Rep. please email Jenni viajenni.loveland@ohcg.org.au
Domestic Cat Resources
Journal Article: Kays, R., Dunn, R.R., Parsons, A.W., Mcdonald, B., Perkins, T., Powers, S.A., Shell, L., McDonald, J.L., Cole, H., Kikillus, H. and Woods, L., 2019. The small home ranges and large local ecological impacts of pet cats. Animal Conservation.
RSPCA Advice for Deterring Neighbouring Cats from Visiting Your Garden
A good brochure to look at for a study done in Alice springs on pet cats wandering more than the owners thought.
https://wildlife.lowecol.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/25/Where-is-Your-Cat-Now-Final.pdf
Update version
https://wildlife.lowecol.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/25/Domestic-Cat-Monitoring-and-Awareness-LFW.pdf
Threatened Species Recovery Hub Media Release
How many cats?
Feral cats cover over 99.8% of Australia
Cats kill more than 1.5 billion native animals per year in Australia
The unnoticed toll of cats on reptiles
Cats are killing millions of Australia’s birds
Cats kill more than one million Australian birds per day
Feral cats and clearing
Fire leads to spike in invasive predators
Fire, the fox and the feral cat
Public preferences for fox and cat control in Western Australia
Cost of cat-borne pathogens
Commonwealth Government
Commonwealth Department of the Environment and Energy (CDOE) Feral Cats page
CDOE Threat Abatement Plan for Predation by Feral Cats
CDOE Factsheet: Tackling feral cats and their impacts FAQs
WA Government and Organisations WA DPIRD Feral Cats page
WA DPIRD Feral Cat Policy Statement (download)
WA DPIRD Feral Cat Q&As (download)
WA DBCA Western Shield
WA Government declares feral cats a pest animal
WA Cat Act 2011
WALGA Pest Animal Biosecurity Management Forum: Managing Feral Cats
Western Australian Biodiversity Science Institute (WABSI)
PESTSMART
PESTSMART Feral Cats info
PESTSMART FeralScan Cat Map
FeralScan App – How to Download, Install, join ASFCWG Group
Australian Animal Welfare Strategy, humane control of feral cats
Model code of practice for the humane control of feral cats
Feral cat – humaneness matrix
Humaneness matrices
Cage trapping of feral cats followed by destruction
Cage trapping of feral cats (with transport) followed by destruction
Control of feral cats with CURIOSITY® paraaminopropiophenone (PAPP) baits
Other
West Cape Howe National Park 2019 Fox and Feral Cat Monitoring and Control Program Report For Torbay Catchment Group
AWC: Innovative feral cat and fox research extended to two new sites
Felixer Cat Grooming Trap
ABC Landline episode on feral cats
RSPCA: What is Trap-Neuter-Return and is it an appropriate strategy for the management of unowned cats?
PETA discusses Australia’s Feral Cat Problem
Toxoplasmosis: how feral cats kill wildlife without lifting a paw
Cats are not scared off by dingoes
Why Trap-Neuter-Return is not an ethical solution for stray cat management
Articles on cats traveling large distances and pet cats being monitored on scat and travel from home.
https://www.australianwildlife.org/feral-cat-travels-170km/
https://wildlife.lowecol.com.au/projects/cat-monitoring/
https://www.australianwildlife.org/feral-predator-control-for-life-beyond-the-fence/
Indigenous people hunting cats in the start of the video in this article are at Kiwirrkurra.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-09-03/two-million-feral-cats-to-be-culled-in-australia/12620428
Journal Article: Kays, R., Dunn, R.R., Parsons, A.W., Mcdonald, B., Perkins, T., Powers, S.A., Shell, L., McDonald, J.L., Cole, H., Kikillus, H. and Woods, L., 2019. The small home ranges and large local ecological impacts of pet cats. Animal Conservation.
- Media release summarizing above project: https://www.zmescience.com/ecology/animals-ecology/cats-kill-up-10-times-more-wildlife-than-natural-predators-so-keep-them-indoors/
- Media release about this study and others: https://theconversation.com/one-cat-one-year-110-native-animals-lock-up-your-pet-its-a-killing-machine-138412
- See associated youtube summary video https://youtu.be/ytZM3Tm_oQc
RSPCA Advice for Deterring Neighbouring Cats from Visiting Your Garden
A good brochure to look at for a study done in Alice springs on pet cats wandering more than the owners thought.
https://wildlife.lowecol.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/25/Where-is-Your-Cat-Now-Final.pdf
Update version
https://wildlife.lowecol.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/25/Domestic-Cat-Monitoring-and-Awareness-LFW.pdf
Threatened Species Recovery Hub Media Release
How many cats?
Feral cats cover over 99.8% of Australia
Cats kill more than 1.5 billion native animals per year in Australia
The unnoticed toll of cats on reptiles
Cats are killing millions of Australia’s birds
Cats kill more than one million Australian birds per day
Feral cats and clearing
Fire leads to spike in invasive predators
Fire, the fox and the feral cat
Public preferences for fox and cat control in Western Australia
Cost of cat-borne pathogens
Commonwealth Government
Commonwealth Department of the Environment and Energy (CDOE) Feral Cats page
CDOE Threat Abatement Plan for Predation by Feral Cats
CDOE Factsheet: Tackling feral cats and their impacts FAQs
WA Government and Organisations WA DPIRD Feral Cats page
WA DPIRD Feral Cat Policy Statement (download)
WA DPIRD Feral Cat Q&As (download)
WA DBCA Western Shield
WA Government declares feral cats a pest animal
WA Cat Act 2011
WALGA Pest Animal Biosecurity Management Forum: Managing Feral Cats
Western Australian Biodiversity Science Institute (WABSI)
PESTSMART
PESTSMART Feral Cats info
PESTSMART FeralScan Cat Map
FeralScan App – How to Download, Install, join ASFCWG Group
Australian Animal Welfare Strategy, humane control of feral cats
Model code of practice for the humane control of feral cats
Feral cat – humaneness matrix
Humaneness matrices
Cage trapping of feral cats followed by destruction
Cage trapping of feral cats (with transport) followed by destruction
Control of feral cats with CURIOSITY® paraaminopropiophenone (PAPP) baits
Other
West Cape Howe National Park 2019 Fox and Feral Cat Monitoring and Control Program Report For Torbay Catchment Group
AWC: Innovative feral cat and fox research extended to two new sites
Felixer Cat Grooming Trap
ABC Landline episode on feral cats
RSPCA: What is Trap-Neuter-Return and is it an appropriate strategy for the management of unowned cats?
PETA discusses Australia’s Feral Cat Problem
Toxoplasmosis: how feral cats kill wildlife without lifting a paw
Cats are not scared off by dingoes
Why Trap-Neuter-Return is not an ethical solution for stray cat management
Articles on cats traveling large distances and pet cats being monitored on scat and travel from home.
https://www.australianwildlife.org/feral-cat-travels-170km/
https://wildlife.lowecol.com.au/projects/cat-monitoring/
https://www.australianwildlife.org/feral-predator-control-for-life-beyond-the-fence/
Indigenous people hunting cats in the start of the video in this article are at Kiwirrkurra.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-09-03/two-million-feral-cats-to-be-culled-in-australia/12620428
