Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L01747:reg:4:p64
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L01747
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 4 (pt 64/80)
Character Range: 236260–242137

other threats:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        High       Very High ($1 million for each of 10 new havens; note existing havens not included)  Commonwealth, state and territory governments; Traditional Owners; NGOs; other landholders                                                                                                                              Starting immediately
                                                                                                                                                                                                                             * Continue management and biosecurity arrangements that ensures the exclusion of cats (and foxes) from havens.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                             * Manage other threats that may affect the cat-susceptible native species within havens (e.g. fire, drought, introduced herbivores, genetic heterogeneity, loss of predator awareness, high density of one or more translocated populations).
Enhance knowledge
6.5                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Design and implement monitoring programs to report on changes in population, genetic diversity, and other relevant attributes (e.g. body condition, disease, breeding parameters) of cat-susceptible species in havens, and of broader ecological ramifications of haven, design establishment and management.                                                                                                      High       High                                                                                 Commonwealth, state, territory governments; Traditional Owners; NGOs; other landholders                                                                                                                                 Starting immediately
Maintain public support
6.6                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Ensure community support for cat eradications from islands:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         High       Medium                                                                               Commonwealth, state and territory governments; local governments; Traditional Owners; community groups, companion animal management organisations (including AMRRIC for remote First Nations community cat management)  Starting immediately
                                                                                                                                                                                                                             * For islands under Indigenous tenure, work with the community to understand values, attitudes, behaviours; then develop approaches to gain support for eradication, and to engage community members in the eradication program including using culturally and contextually appropriate educational resources in campaigns.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                             * If these islands are inhabited, engage with the community to understand values, attitudes, behaviours; then develop approaches to encourage the phasing out of pet cat ownership, or high standards for pet cat ownership (such as cats must be desexed, microchipped and registered, and kept indoors). Desexing programs can be supported by bringing vets to islands for free desexing and health checks.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                             * Island communities may need support from local/state governments, and vet services, to carry out these actions.

     8.7 Objective 7. Protect species with moderate to high susceptibility to cats: Suppress feral cat density in and near prioritised populations of these species

     Rationale

Some native species may persist with much-reduced levels of cat predation, achieved through intensive and sustained cat control at key sites; these species are the subject of Objective 7. The set of species considered to have moderate to high cat-susceptibility includes 61 mammal species, 11 bird species, and 13 reptile species (Table 1 in section 4.1.1 and in section 8 of the background document). Some populations of these species live in or near human habitation, where feral cat density may be elevated, and impacts may also come from pet cats. Minimising cat impacts on these populations requires a different suite of actions, and is the subject of Objective 9, and to a lesser extent, Objective 8.

In open settings (i.e. where cat immigration is possible), the options for feral cat control