Invasive Species

Photo credit: ABC News 2016 – Researchers say the movement of cats should be restricted

Animals — Us and them? The cat catastrophe – pet or pest?  ABC RN|Program: Big

The Parliamentary Inquiry into the Management of Cats in NSW had its first public hearing

Still sold in nurseries. Can you believe it?  There is restricted access to some drugs

Destructive truth behind Australia’s most ‘spectacular’ tree invading homes and gardens https://au.news.yahoo.com/destructive-truth-behind-australias-most-spectacular-tree-invading-homes-and-gardens-065331231.html Calls to ban

‘Shocking’ is hardly a strong enough word LUKE COSTIN REPORTS on the latest findings of

Spiraling out of control, exponentially The consequences of tossing something like an introduced plant species

Vines that strangle from every angle WALK INTO MANY AREAS of Munibung Hill and there

Australia’s native noisy miner bird is more of a pest than originally thought, with new

Formosan lily Liliam Formosanum is a weed of the invasive breed that spreads by seed

Another council joins the chorus In: Tamworth Council calls for legislation mandating all cats to

PICTURE:  A feral cat drinks at a pond in Mungo national park, NSW. Feral cats have

PICTURE:  The yellow line shows how far a pet cat allowed to roam overnight wandered

PICTURE: Blue tongued lizards are slow movers and cats find them easy prey to either

PICTURE: The reason cats have vertical pupils is because it increases their depth of perception while

PICTURE: Feral foxes ‘caught’ on camera. Images courtesy Dean Jones. Are ferals the culprits when

PICTURE:  Another successful hunt. The death of one more bird.  Owners of roaming cats invariably

Don’t be deceived by the looks IF YOU TAKE A WALK on top of Munibung

PICTURE: A leash to control a cat is no different to using a leash for

Let’s get serious says leading expert Proven repeat offenders need to be kept out of

IT is estimated cats kill three billion native animals each year in Australia. They are

Here’s why it’s important to keep cats inside   Terrestrial ecologist at Sydney University, Professor

Should cats stay inside? New laws for containment   Cat owners in the ACT will soon

PICTURE: There are any number of ways to keep cats contained. Therefore there are no

How a single domestic cat allowed to roam can wreak devastation on a family of

Yet another study, to tell us what we already know While the rest of the

Cats kill, there’s no two ways about it. To believe otherwise is to be in

The Formosa Lily, a wolf in sheep’s clothing.  by Peter Vaughan This February we are

What are wildlife carers saying about roaming domestic cats? Kate Randolph, Secretary, Hunter Wildlife Rescue, writes: Hunter

The red fox (Vulpes vulpes), brought to Australia by Europeans in the 1850s, is an

This information poster was part of a story published in The Conversation  as One cat, one year,

No, is the honest answer. For too long we’ve put off facing up to the

The damage done by feral cats and domestic cats allowed to roam, is enormous.  To

Invasive species cost global economy $423 billion a year, is the news headline as reported

The catastrophic damage that is rendered by domestic cats allowed to roam freely around the

It might seem extreme, but then isn’t the unhindered killing of native Australian wildlife by

PICTURE: Roaming cat captured on camera as part of our citizen science monitoring program. Killers

PICTURE: Feral cat enters native animal burrow Cats are out-competing native animals A recent research article

PICTURE: This boobook owl had to be euthanased by a vet after being attacked by

PICTURE: The reason cats have vertical pupils is because it increases their depth of perception while