Hot Topic Forum: Feral Cat Management

Hot Topic Forum: Feral Cat Management

Cross-Sector Challenges, Successes, Practice and Technology

Thursday 19 February 2026 10.00 - 12:30 pm online on Zoom

The Centre for Invasive Species Solutions state that, 'feral cats in Australia eat about 2 billion reptiles, birds, frogs and mammals each year, and over a billion invertebrates.' Among these, mammals are the most commonly eaten of these prey items, for all types of cat (pets and ferals), with more than one billion mammals killed by cats in Australia every year.

Current feral cat control effort is preventing further extinctions, helping the recovery of some threatened species, and reducing the likelihood of some currently unthreatened species from becoming threatened. This is all thanks to a variety of actors in the biosecurity field.

Join WALN, Gillamii Centre, Bush Heritage Australia, Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, PHCC, Conservation Australia, The WA Feral Cat Working Group and Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions as we discuss feral cat control across the sector; from landcare centre, to National Environmental NGO, to government. This is sure to be a wide ranging and thought provoking discussion which will touch on challenges, wins, best-practice and how technology will aid human effort in this endeavour.

Bring your questions and we look forward to seeing you there!

This event is generously supported by the WA Government's State Natural Resource Management Program and the National Landcare Network.