Western Australia is eagerly waiting for the state government to act on a promise made last year to fix outdated cat laws that prevent local councils from effectively enforcing pet cat containment – as new research reveals the consequences of continued inaction.
Western Australia has finally acted to save wildlife from the devastating toll of roaming pet cats, confirming it will amend the Cat Act to give councils the power to enforce cat containment.
The Invasive Species Council has slammed a new application to import Bengal cats – a hybrid of Asian leopard cats and domestic cats – warning it would mean deliberately unleashing more genetic monsters into a country with wildlife already being devastated by feral and roaming pet cats.
The Invasive Species Council, NSW Nature Conservation Council and the Biodiversity Council have criticised a NSW Upper House inquiry report by the Animal Justice Party for failing to back legal changes to allow local governments to bring in cat containment rules to protect wildlife and pet cats.
An unprecedented survey of Western Australia’s local governments has revealed overwhelming support for stronger cat management laws.
The Invasive Species Council welcomes the NSW government’s announcement today that it will review the outdated Companion Animals Act 1998 which currently prohibits Councils from being able to implement cat containment and curfews.
Nature in Queensland is a precious asset that must be protected.
New analysis from the Invasive Species Council has found roaming pet cats are estimated to have killed over 62 million of Sydney’s native animals this year.
For the first time in over 2 decades, significant numbers of feral horses have been removed from the Blue Mountains, following a landmark aerial control program undertaken by the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS).
The Invasive Species Council is calling on the next Queensland Government to make the expansion of the free fire ant bait program a top priority in its first 100 days, as critical areas remain exposed.
Iconic Tasmanian devil at risk of deadly H5N1 bird flu, Commonwealth Chief Vet warns.
The call to increase funding to reduce the impact of feral and roaming pet cats follows the release today by Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek of the details of 55 federally funded feral cat projects across the country.
The Invasive Species Council commends Environment Minister Reece Whitby for launching a vital cane toad containment zone west of Broome.
The Invasive Species Council has issued an urgent call to boost funding in the fire ant suppression zone following the alarming discovery of nests on the Sunshine Coast at Nirimba.
Analysis by the Biodiversity Council shows that if all pet cats were kept securely contained by their owners it would save hundreds of human lives, millions of native animals and billions of dollars each year
Western Australia is eagerly waiting for the state government to act on a promise made last year to fix outdated cat laws that prevent local councils from effectively enforcing pet cat containment – as new research reveals the consequences of continued inaction.
Western Australia has finally acted to save wildlife from the devastating toll of roaming pet cats, confirming it will amend the Cat Act to give councils the power to enforce cat containment.
The Invasive Species Council has slammed a new application to import Bengal cats – a hybrid of Asian leopard cats and domestic cats – warning it would mean deliberately unleashing more genetic monsters into a country with wildlife already being devastated by feral and roaming pet cats.
The Invasive Species Council, NSW Nature Conservation Council and the Biodiversity Council have criticised a NSW Upper House inquiry report by the Animal Justice Party for failing to back legal changes to allow local governments to bring in cat containment rules to protect wildlife and pet cats.
An unprecedented survey of Western Australia’s local governments has revealed overwhelming support for stronger cat management laws.
The Invasive Species Council welcomes the NSW government’s announcement today that it will review the outdated Companion Animals Act 1998 which currently prohibits Councils from being able to implement cat containment and curfews.
Nature in Queensland is a precious asset that must be protected.
New analysis from the Invasive Species Council has found roaming pet cats are estimated to have killed over 62 million of Sydney’s native animals this year.
For the first time in over 2 decades, significant numbers of feral horses have been removed from the Blue Mountains, following a landmark aerial control program undertaken by the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS).
The Invasive Species Council is calling on the next Queensland Government to make the expansion of the free fire ant bait program a top priority in its first 100 days, as critical areas remain exposed.
Iconic Tasmanian devil at risk of deadly H5N1 bird flu, Commonwealth Chief Vet warns.
The call to increase funding to reduce the impact of feral and roaming pet cats follows the release today by Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek of the details of 55 federally funded feral cat projects across the country.
The Invasive Species Council commends Environment Minister Reece Whitby for launching a vital cane toad containment zone west of Broome.
The Invasive Species Council has issued an urgent call to boost funding in the fire ant suppression zone following the alarming discovery of nests on the Sunshine Coast at Nirimba.
Analysis by the Biodiversity Council shows that if all pet cats were kept securely contained by their owners it would save hundreds of human lives, millions of native animals and billions of dollars each year
Western Australia is eagerly waiting for the state government to act on a promise made last year to fix outdated cat laws that prevent local councils from effectively enforcing pet cat containment – as new research reveals the consequences of continued inaction.
Western Australia has finally acted to save wildlife from the devastating toll of roaming pet cats, confirming it will amend the Cat Act to give councils the power to enforce cat containment.
The Invasive Species Council has slammed a new application to import Bengal cats – a hybrid of Asian leopard cats and domestic cats – warning it would mean deliberately unleashing more genetic monsters into a country with wildlife already being devastated by feral and roaming pet cats.
The Invasive Species Council, NSW Nature Conservation Council and the Biodiversity Council have criticised a NSW Upper House inquiry report by the Animal Justice Party for failing to back legal changes to allow local governments to bring in cat containment rules to protect wildlife and pet cats.
An unprecedented survey of Western Australia’s local governments has revealed overwhelming support for stronger cat management laws.
The Invasive Species Council welcomes the NSW government’s announcement today that it will review the outdated Companion Animals Act 1998 which currently prohibits Councils from being able to implement cat containment and curfews.
Nature in Queensland is a precious asset that must be protected.
New analysis from the Invasive Species Council has found roaming pet cats are estimated to have killed over 62 million of Sydney’s native animals this year.
For the first time in over 2 decades, significant numbers of feral horses have been removed from the Blue Mountains, following a landmark aerial control program undertaken by the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS).
The Invasive Species Council is calling on the next Queensland Government to make the expansion of the free fire ant bait program a top priority in its first 100 days, as critical areas remain exposed.
Iconic Tasmanian devil at risk of deadly H5N1 bird flu, Commonwealth Chief Vet warns.
The call to increase funding to reduce the impact of feral and roaming pet cats follows the release today by Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek of the details of 55 federally funded feral cat projects across the country.
The Invasive Species Council commends Environment Minister Reece Whitby for launching a vital cane toad containment zone west of Broome.
The Invasive Species Council has issued an urgent call to boost funding in the fire ant suppression zone following the alarming discovery of nests on the Sunshine Coast at Nirimba.
Analysis by the Biodiversity Council shows that if all pet cats were kept securely contained by their owners it would save hundreds of human lives, millions of native animals and billions of dollars each year
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Dear Project Team,
[YOUR PERSONALISED MESSAGE WILL APPEAR HERE.]
I support the amendment to the Kosciuszko National Park Wild Horse Heritage Management Plan to allow our incredible National Parks staff to use aerial shooting as one method to rapidly reduce feral horse numbers. I want to see feral horse numbers urgently reduced in order to save the national park and our native wildlife that live there.
The current approach is not solving the problem. Feral horse numbers have rapidly increased in Kosciuszko National Park to around 18,000, a 30% jump in just the past 2 years. With the population so high, thousands of feral horses need to be removed annually to reduce numbers and stop our National Park becoming a horse paddock. Aerial shooting, undertaken humanely and safely by professionals using standard protocols, is the only way this can happen.
The government’s own management plan for feral horses states that ‘if undertaken in accordance with best practice, aerial shooting can have the lowest negative animal welfare impacts of all lethal control methods’.
This humane and effective practice is already used across Australia to manage hundreds of thousands of feral animals like horses, deer, pigs, and goats.
Trapping and rehoming of feral horses has been used in Kosciuszko National Park for well over a decade but has consistently failed to reduce the population, has delayed meaningful action and is expensive. There are too many feral horses in the Alps and not enough demand for rehoming for it to be relied upon for the reduction of the population.
Fertility control as a management tool is only effective for a small, geographically isolated, and accessible population of feral horses where the management outcome sought is to maintain the population at its current size. It is not a viable option to reduce the large and growing feral horse population in the vast and rugged terrain of Kosciuszko National Park.
Feral horses are trashing and trampling our sensitive alpine ecosystems and streams, causing the decline and extinction of native animals. The federal government’s Threatened Species Scientific Committee has stated that feral horses ‘may be the crucial factor that causes final extinction’ for 12 alpine species.
I recognise the sad reality that urgent and humane measures are necessary to urgently remove the horses or they will destroy the Snowies and the native wildlife that call the mountains home. I support a healthy national park where native species like the Corroboree Frog and Mountain Pygmy Possum can thrive.
Dear Project Team,
[YOUR PERSONALISED MESSAGE WILL APPEAR HERE.]
I support the amendment to the Kosciuszko National Park Wild Horse Heritage Management Plan to allow our incredible National Parks staff to use aerial shooting as one method to rapidly reduce feral horse numbers. I want to see feral horse numbers urgently reduced in order to save the national park and our native wildlife that live there.
The current approach is not solving the problem. Feral horse numbers have rapidly increased in Kosciuszko National Park to around 18,000, a 30% jump in just the past 2 years. With the population so high, thousands of feral horses need to be removed annually to reduce numbers and stop our National Park becoming a horse paddock. Aerial shooting, undertaken humanely and safely by professionals using standard protocols, is the only way this can happen.
The government’s own management plan for feral horses states that ‘if undertaken in accordance with best practice, aerial shooting can have the lowest negative animal welfare impacts of all lethal control methods’.
This humane and effective practice is already used across Australia to manage hundreds of thousands of feral animals like horses, deer, pigs, and goats.
Trapping and rehoming of feral horses has been used in Kosciuszko National Park for well over a decade but has consistently failed to reduce the population, has delayed meaningful action and is expensive. There are too many feral horses in the Alps and not enough demand for rehoming for it to be relied upon for the reduction of the population.
Fertility control as a management tool is only effective for a small, geographically isolated, and accessible population of feral horses where the management outcome sought is to maintain the population at its current size. It is not a viable option to reduce the large and growing feral horse population in the vast and rugged terrain of Kosciuszko National Park.
Feral horses are trashing and trampling our sensitive alpine ecosystems and streams, causing the decline and extinction of native animals. The federal government’s Threatened Species Scientific Committee has stated that feral horses ‘may be the crucial factor that causes final extinction’ for 12 alpine species.
I recognise the sad reality that urgent and humane measures are necessary to urgently remove the horses or they will destroy the Snowies and the native wildlife that call the mountains home. I support a healthy national park where native species like the Corroboree Frog and Mountain Pygmy Possum can thrive.
