Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L01747:reg:4:p45
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L01747
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 4 (pt 45/80)
Character Range: 148463–155079

management options
                                                                                                                        * learn about processes for obtaining permits and training
                                                                                                                        * find guidance for choosing feral cat control options and monitoring options
                                                                                                                        * suggest avenues for accessing scientific support
                                                                                                                        * make connections with other land managers
                                                                                                                        * share approaches for enhancing community support and engagement in pet and feral cat management.
                                                                                                                   The network could potentially also establish a library of equipment such as various traps and monitoring gear, for temporary loan.
                                                                                                                   Such a network was a key recommendation from the early engagement process with First Nations land management groups. The network(s) could adapt and build on aspects of the information-sharing model developed by the Western Australian Feral Cat Working Group, and provide links to other information sources (e.g. PestSmart).
2.9                                                                                                                Support land managers to plan for and implement effective feral cat control programs by improving guidance (informed by on-ground experience) about which feral cat control option(s) are most appropriate for their particular context and conservation objectives, based on:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Very High  Medium          NESP RL Hub/CISS; National Feral Cat and Fox Management Coordinator; other researchers                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Starting immediately
                                                                                                                        * The current or potential importance of sites for cat-susceptible threatened species.
                                                                                                                        * The extent to which feral cat impacts must be reduced to protect native species at those sites.
                                                                                                                        * Potential risks and perverse outcomes.
                                                                                                                        * Potential impacts on, and linkages with, other vertebrate pest species.
                                                                                                                        * Features of the management area (e.g. habitat type, proximity to towns, accessibility).
                                                                                                                        * The options available given location and regulation.
                                                                                                                   For the use of toxins, include when each toxin and toxin presentation is available, and most likely to be effective (based on geography, seasonality, non-target risks), and what should be monitored to ensure non-targets impacts and efficacy are both acceptable.
2.10                                                                                                               (In addition to Action 2.9) support First Nations ranger groups to control feral cats:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      High       Medium          First Nations groups / organisations (e.g. Indigenous Desert Alliance, regional land councils); state and territory governments; National Feral Cat and Fox Management Coordinator                                                                                                                                                              Starting immediately
                                                                                                                        * Support ranger exchanges for peer-peer skill-sharing about using tracking and other techniques to hunt and control feral cats near sites with threatened native species.
                                                                                                                        * Ensure rangers can access the full suite of feral cat control options available for their area, by providing training and administrative support (e.g. to acquire permits) if needed.
                                                                                                                        * Consider payment systems that are structured to encourage effective control (hunting) of feral cats (and hence reduction in impacts on wildlife) in designated areas and in specific circumstances (e.g. this has proven successful for reducing feral cat density and impacts around bilby sites in the Kiwirrkurra Indigenous Protected Area – see section 6.4 in the background document).
                                                                                                                        * Where feasible, feral cat control programs should include monitoring for cat