WA Feral Cat Symposium 2
Event description
Code for discounted tickets for Traditional Owners, students, volunteers and community groups : COMMUNITY
First held in 2018, the inaugural WA Feral Cat Symposium brought together nearly 200 people from across Australia to tackle the complex issue of protecting WA’s native animals, through effective, humane feral cat control.
Following the success of this event, the WAFCWG is holding a second Symposium in February 2023.
The Symposium will bring together conservation managers, Traditional Owners, researchers, landholders, industry and all 3 levels of government to learn, share, discuss and network. Speakers and attendees will be from across Australia.
Objectives
• Increase participants’ knowledge of management options for management of feral cats
• Celebrate and share successes so that more stakeholders can be empowered to take action
• Share the latest research of what is successful, and upcoming techniques
Key Topics
• On-ground stories of challenges and success
• New and emerging techniques
• Social license and community engagement
• Indigenous Ranger work on Country
• Local council cat laws and wildlife protection