Feral cats prey on Australia's unique native wildlife (including many
threatened species) and are associated with the spread of diseases that affect humans and livestock.
FeralCatScan is a free resource for landholders, community groups, pest control professionals, and
biosecurity organisations.
It can be used to help map were you see feral cats, record impacts (such
as
predation of native species) or other problems they cause, and document where control has
been undertaken. Information you upload can help with humane, justified and effective management of feral cat
populations.
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- Record feral cat activity (such as sightings)
- Photos from monitoring cameras
- Feral cat attacks (such as killed native species)
- Control activities (e.g. baiting and trapping)
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Benefits
of using FeralCatScan
- Document feral cat problems in your local area
- Work together with your neighbours to create a map of feral cat activity
- Notify your local community or landholder group
- Alert your local biosecurity groups about feral cats
- Get involved in local management activities to prevent the impacts of feral cats.
Instructions
FeralCatScan has a range of step-by-step instructions to help get you started using the resource:
This guide to help individuals, groups and organisations wanting to control feral cats to identify the problem, determine the reasons for control and to step through a simple process to prepare effective plans for feral cat management. The guide provides a decision template to prepare, implement and evaluate a feral cat management plan.
Download the Guide here
This Glovebox Guide for Managing Feral Cats is a general guide to provide background information to support the control of feral cat populations in Australia. There are many
techniques that are available for controlling feral
cats. This guide seeks to enable best practice feral cat management by providing current, albeit broadly applicable, information on: feral cat ecology; identifying feral cats; identifying impacts of feral cats; feral cat control in the presence of other predators; management tools and strategies; safety to domestic animals; and policy and legislation.
The National Feral Cat and Fox Management Coordination program communicates and drives the adoption of humane and effective feral cat and fox control on a national, regional and local scale to reduce their impacts on threatened species, other native wildlife, agriculture and human health.
Visit the NEW National Coordination website
Record Feral Cat Activity