TY - JOUR
T1 - When cats turn bushranger
T2 - A case study of policy and planning a pest eradication
AU - Johnston, Michael
AU - Stephenson, David
AU - Trezise, Julie
AU - Thompson, Vaughn
AU - Znidersic, Elizabeth
AU - Fox, Ben
AU - Naylor, John
AU - Rodriguez-Malagon, Marlenne
N1 - Includes bibliographical references
PY - 2020/12
Y1 - 2020/12
N2 - Feral Cats Felis catus impact native wildlife species through direct predation and transmission of parasites. In July 2018, the Government of Victoria declared Feral Cats to be a pest in specific Crown land tenures and subsequently made changes to regulations to provide opportunity for use of additional control tools. This coincided with an Australian Government initiative to create Feral Free Safe Havens on islands and fenced exclosures. French Island was one of the islands nominated in this strategy and has had over 1100 Feral Cats removed since 2010. In conjunction, there has been increased awareness throughout the island community about the responsibilities of Domestic Cat owners. This paper presents the current regulatory environment and discusses how it impacts on a proposal to eradicate the Feral Cat population on French Island, Victoria.
AB - Feral Cats Felis catus impact native wildlife species through direct predation and transmission of parasites. In July 2018, the Government of Victoria declared Feral Cats to be a pest in specific Crown land tenures and subsequently made changes to regulations to provide opportunity for use of additional control tools. This coincided with an Australian Government initiative to create Feral Free Safe Havens on islands and fenced exclosures. French Island was one of the islands nominated in this strategy and has had over 1100 Feral Cats removed since 2010. In conjunction, there has been increased awareness throughout the island community about the responsibilities of Domestic Cat owners. This paper presents the current regulatory environment and discusses how it impacts on a proposal to eradicate the Feral Cat population on French Island, Victoria.
UR - https://vran.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/TVN_137_6_Woolnough_rabbits.pdf
M3 - Article
VL - 137
SP - 228
EP - 239
JO - Victorian Naturalist
JF - Victorian Naturalist
SN - 0042-5184
IS - 6
ER -