Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L01747:reg:9:p18
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L01747
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 9 (pt 18/20)
Character Range: 399844–403064

cats are individuals of the species Felis catus that are not formally owned, or cared for, by people. They survive by hunting or scavenging for themselves and live in diverse habitats. Most feral cats live in natural environments and have no or few interactions with people. A subset of feral cats is found in and around cities, towns and rural properties; these cats may rely on resources that are inadvertently created by people.
Haven                          A place that provides protection for a species that is extremely or highly susceptible to a threat; in this case, a cat-free island or a mainland area in which fencing excludes cats (and foxes); following (Legge et al. 2018).
Invasive species               A species occurring as a result of human activities beyond its accepted normal distribution and which threatens valued environmental, agricultural or personal resources by the damage it causes.
Key threatening process        Under the EPBC Act, a process that threatens or may threaten the survival, abundance or evolutionary development of a native species or ecological community.
Performance criteria           A criterion or measure that provides information on the extent to which a policy, program or initiative is achieving its outcomes.
Rodent irruption               An event where rodent species experience significant population growth in response to environmental changes, such as an increase in food resources following rainfall.
Susceptibility                 As used here, a measure of the impact of cats on the population viability of a species. Categories are described in Table 1.
Threat abatement plan          Under the EPBC Act, a plan providing for the research, management and any other actions necessary to reduce the impact of a listed key threatening process on affected species and ecological communities.
Threatened species             A species under the EPBC Act listed as critically endangered, endangered, vulnerable or conservation dependent.
Vulnerable                     Under the EPBC Act, a native species is eligible to be included in the vulnerable category at a particular time if, at that time, (a) it is not critically endangered or endangered; and (b) it is facing a high risk of extinction in the wild in the medium-term future, as determined in accordance with the prescribed criteria.

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      Table 26 List of acronyms

Acronym      Meaning
ACT          Australian Capital Territory
AMRRIC       Animal Management in Rural and Remote Indigenous Communities
APVMA        Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority
CISS         Centre for Invasive Species Solutions
CoP          Code of Practice
EPBC Act     Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
MLA          Meat and Livestock Australia
NESP RL Hub  Resilient Landscapes Hub of the National Environmental Science Program
NGO          non-government organisation
NRM          natural resource management
NSW          New South Wales
PAPP         Para-aminopropiophenone, a toxic bait
SoP          Standard Operating Procedure
TAP          Threat Abatement Plan
TNR          Trap-neuter-release programs

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ACT Government