Decision Guide for Stray and Feral Cat Management in Tasmania 2025

Effective management of stray and feral cats requires clarity around roles, responsibilities, and legal obligations. This guide, developed by Landcare Tasmania, is designed to support decision-making by helping land managers, local governments, and community groups understand the available options and identify appropriate, humane, and lawful management actions for their context.

NATSOP-CAT004 National Standard Operating Procedure: Baiting of feral cats with para-aminopropiophenone (PAPP)

NATSOP-CAT003 National Standard Operating Procedure: Trapping of feral cats using padded-jaw traps

NATSOP-CAT002 National Standard Operating Procedure: Trapping of feral cats using cage traps

NATSOP-CAT001 National Standard Operating Procedure: Ground shooting of feral cats

Ecological factors influencing invasive predator survival and movement: insights from a continental-scale study of feral cats in Australia

National Registration with the APVMA of a feral cat bait – Stage 1: Final project report

Planning Guide for Feral Cat Management in Australia

The Planning Guide for Feral Cat Management in Australia has been produced by the Centre for Invasive Species Solutions for land managers, community group, pest control professional, and biosecurity organisations. – 2023

Humaneness assessment worksheet: Cage trapping of feral cats (with transport)followed by killing

The assessment worksheets used by the Humaneness Assessment Panel to create the Humaneness matrices for pest animal management techniques – 2009

Humaneness assessment worksheet: Cage trapping of feral cats followed by killing

The assessment worksheets used by the Humaneness Assessment Panel to create the Humaneness matrices for pest animal management techniques – 2009

Humaneness assessment worksheet: Ground shooting of feral cats

The assessment worksheets used by the Humaneness Assessment Panel to create the Humaneness matrices for pest animal management techniques – 2009

Humaneness assessment worksheet: Trapping of feral cats using padded-jaw traps followed by shooting

The assessment worksheets used by the Humaneness Assessment Panel to create the Humaneness matrices for pest animal management techniques – 2009

Humaneness assessment worksheet: Poisoning of feral cats with CURIOSITY® paraaminopropiophenone(PAPP) baits

The assessment worksheets used by the Humaneness Assessment Panel to create the Humaneness matrices for pest animal management techniques – 2016

NATSOP-CAT004 National Standard Operating Procedure: Baiting of feral cats with para-aminopropiophenone (PAPP)

NATSOP-CAT004 National Standard Operating Procedure: Baiting of feral cats with para-aminopropiophenone (PAPP)

NATSOP-CAT001 National Standard Operating Procedure: Ground shooting of feral cats

This National Standard Operating Procedure (NATSOP) contains current best practice information on ground shooting of feral cats.

Overview of feral cats in Australia

Feral cats live, hunt and reproduce in the wild. They are the same species as domestic cats but differ in how and where they live rather than any true biological differences

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