Invasive Species

Possum suffers serious injuries, New inquiry from Office of Local Government
Photo credit: ABC News 2016 – Researchers say the movement of cats should be restricted

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

This is not a cat problem, this is a human problem
The Parliamentary Inquiry into the Management of Cats in NSW had its first public hearing

Still sold in nurseries, NSW parliamentary inquiry and links.
Still sold in nurseries. Can you believe it? There is restricted access to some drugs

Parliamentary inquiry into Cat Population in NSW
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

Spiraling out of control, Time to do us all a favour
Spiraling out of control, exponentially The consequences of tossing something like an introduced plant species

Vines that strangle, Six major threats and CATastrophic effects of free-roaming felines
Vines that strangle from every angle WALK INTO MANY AREAS of Munibung Hill and there

Noisy miners are bullying forest birds and more evidence calling for the control of free-ranging cats
Australia’s native noisy miner bird is more of a pest than originally thought, with new

Weed out the lily and deal with the feral cats
Formosan lily Liliam Formosanum is a weed of the invasive breed that spreads by seed

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

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

Cats numbers growing and out of control
PICTURE: The yellow line shows how far a pet cat allowed to roam overnight wandered

Sending a message – keep cats contained
PICTURE: Blue tongued lizards are slow movers and cats find them easy prey to either

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

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

Apply same rules for cats as for dogs
PICTURE: Another successful hunt. The death of one more bird. Owners of roaming cats invariably

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

Committed to keeping cats contained
PICTURE: A leash to control a cat is no different to using a leash for

Let’s not beat about the bush
Let’s get serious says leading expert Proven repeat offenders need to be kept out of

Camera traps used to monitor feral and roaming cats
IT is estimated cats kill three billion native animals each year in Australia. They are

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

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

Feral cats don’t need supplementation
PICTURE: There are any number of ways to keep cats contained. Therefore there are no

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

Cats snack on native wildlife
Yet another study, to tell us what we already know While the rest of the

The cat report – facing up to the grim realities
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.
The Formosa Lily, a wolf in sheep’s clothing. by Peter Vaughan This February we are

Cats on the prowl – a scourge for native wildlife
What are wildlife carers saying about roaming domestic cats? Kate Randolph, Secretary, Hunter Wildlife Rescue, writes: Hunter

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

Right to life for native wildlife
This information poster was part of a story published in The Conversation as One cat, one year,

Can cats cohabitate with native wildlife?
No, is the honest answer. For too long we’ve put off facing up to the

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

Cats are a costly culprit to control
Invasive species cost global economy $423 billion a year, is the news headline as reported

Call for cat report by Federal environment minister
The catastrophic damage that is rendered by domestic cats allowed to roam freely around the

Cats have been banned in Halls Gap since 1993
It might seem extreme, but then isn’t the unhindered killing of native Australian wildlife by

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

Given half a chance cats will kill native animals
PICTURE: Feral cat enters native animal burrow Cats are out-competing native animals A recent research article

More councils need to put pressure on the State government
PICTURE: This boobook owl had to be euthanased by a vet after being attacked by

Cats can cause calamity for innocent little critters
PICTURE: The reason cats have vertical pupils is because it increases their depth of perception while