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| How should cats in Australia be managed? |
What’s the best way to manage cats in Australia? Should feral cats be declared a pest species across every Australian State and Territory? Should there be a limit on the number of cats per household?
RSPCA Australia has released its draft discussion
paper, Identifying Best Practice Cat
Management in Australia, to gather feedback from interested parties
including the public.
The paper was developed in consultation with the
Office of Threatened Species Commissioner and with the support of the
Australian Government National Landcare Program.
After public consultation the paper will be
finalised. RSPCA Australia hopes that this discussion paper “will help shape
more effective, consistent and evidence-based strategies for cat management in
Australia”.
You can comment on any aspect of the draft discussion paper – especially its 22
recommendations. RSPCA Australia has added that additional information on the
evaluation of domestic cat care initiatives, research findings or perceived
barriers and challenges to achieving effective and sustainable cat management.
You can submit feedback via an online form, or
provide more in-depth comments, but you must make submissions by Thursday, July
27, 2017.
If you care about cats, this is an opportunity to
have your say.
Read more about the submission process here.
Download the discussion paper (90 pages) here.
Provide online submissions here or email science
[at] rspca.org.au
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