Impacts and management of feral cats Felis catus in Australia

TS Doherty, CR Dickman, CN Johnson… - Mammal …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Feral cats are among the most damaging invasive species worldwide, and are implicated in
many extinctions, especially in Australia, New Zealand and other islands. Understanding …

[PDF][PDF] A review of small Indian mongoose management and eradications on islands

A Barun, CC Hanson, KJ Campell, D Simberloff - 2011 - circabc.europa.eu
Native to the Middle East and much of southern Asia, the small Indian mongoose (Herpestes
auropunctatus, hereafter mongoose)(Hodgson 1836; Veron et al. 2007; Patou et al. 2009) …

Evaluating the efficacy of a landscape scale feral cat control program using camera traps and occupancy models

S Comer, P Speldewinde, C Tiller, L Clausen… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
The impact of introduced predators is a major factor limiting survivorship and recruitment of
many native Australian species. In particular, the feral cat and red fox have been implicated …

A review of cat behavior in relation to disease risk and management options

CA Lepczyk, CA Lohr, DC Duffy - Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 2015 - Elsevier
Domestic cats (Felis catus) are a common household pet and also a notorious invasive
species around the world. Because cat numbers have been increasing in many locations it …

Biology and impacts of Pacific Island invasive species. 7. The domestic cat (Felis catus) 1

DC Duffy, P Capece - Pacific Science, 2012 - BioOne
This article reviews the biology, ecological effects, and management of the domestic cat
(Felis catus) in the Pacific basin. The cat is one of the most controversial invasive species in …

How does cat behaviour influence the development and implementation of monitoring techniques and lethal control methods for feral cats?

P Fisher, D Algar, E Murphy, M Johnston… - Applied Animal Behaviour …, 2015 - Elsevier
The need for lethal control of feral cats will remain in some contexts and potentially increase
in others, alongside an obligation to develop and apply methods that are as cost-effective …

Efficacy and welfare assessment of an encapsulated para-aminopropiophenone (PAPP) formulation as a bait-delivered toxicant for feral cats (Felis catus)

M Johnston, D Algar, M O'Donoghue, J Morris… - Wildlife …, 2020 - CSIRO Publishing
Context Feral cats are invasive predators of small and medium-sized fauna throughout
Australia. The only broad-scale population-management technique for feral cats currently …

Toxic Trojans: can feral cat predation be mitigated by making their prey poisonous?

JL Read, D Peacock, AF Wayne, KE Moseby - Wildlife research, 2016 - CSIRO Publishing
Predation, along with competition and disease transmission from feral domestic cats (Felis
catus), poses the key threat to many in situ and reintroduced populations of threatened …

[PDF][PDF] Field efficacy of the Curiosity feral cat bait on three Australian islands

M Johnston, D Algar, M O'Donoghue… - Veitch, CR; Clout, MN …, 2011 - media.snopes.com
Predation by feral cats (Felis catus) has lead to declines in wildlife populations throughout
Australia. Existing tools cannot achieve reductions in cat populations over large areas …

Assessing risks to non-target species during poison baiting programs for feral cats

T Buckmaster, CR Dickman, MJ Johnston - PLoS One, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Poison baiting is used frequently to reduce the impacts of pest species of mammals on
agricultural and biodiversity interests. However, baiting may not be appropriate if non-target …