By Trish Fleming, Heather Crawford, Clare Auckland and Mike Calver. Despite thousands of years of domestication, pet cats (Felis catus) retain a strong hunting drive. It is therefore easy for cats to survive independently of people. Today in Australia, it is estimated that there are 1.4–5.6 million feral cats in natural environments, and another 0.7…
Tag: Invasive animal control
Wild dog control
A three-year project examining control of wild dogs has been finalised. A summary of our findings on wild dog impacts is available and some news articles summarise this work. This work will be continued as part of a grant awarded under the Western Australian Wild Dog Action Plan. You can read about this proposed work…