The significance of landholder gender and previous knowledge of control methods for effective feral cat (Felis catus) management in south-eastern Australia

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Brooke P. Deak ◽  
Bertram Ostendorf ◽  
Douglas K. Bardsley ◽  
David A. Taggart ◽  
David E. Peacock
Keyword(s):  
Felis Catus ◽  
Control Methods ◽  
Previous Knowledge ◽  
Feral Cat ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
Eastern Australia ◽  
South Eastern Australia

The Influence of Land Use and Location on Landholder Attitudes Towards Feral Cat (Felis catus) Management in South-eastern Australia

Human Ecology ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brooke P. Deak ◽  
Bertram Ostendorf ◽  
Douglas K. Bardsley ◽  
David A. Taggart ◽  
David E. Peacock
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Felis Catus ◽  
Feral Cat ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
Eastern Australia ◽  
South Eastern Australia

Ecology of the Feral Cat, Felis catus (L.), in South-Eastern Australia II.* Reproduction

1982 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 111 ◽  
Author(s):  
E Jones ◽  
BJ Coman
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Maturity ◽  
Minimum Weight ◽  
Seminiferous Tubules ◽  
Adult Males ◽  
Feral Cat ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
Eastern Australia ◽  
Monthly Changes ◽  
Monthly Variations ◽  
South Eastern Australia

Reproduction was studied in feral cats collected over a 3-y period from south-eastern Australia. Litters were recorded in all months except April, but most births occurred between September and March; from October to January inclusive, all adult females collected were either pregnant or lactating. On average, females dropped two litters per year, the first in spring and the second in summer or early autumn; mean prenatal litter size was 4.4. For females, sexual maturity was reached at an estimated age of 10-12 months and a minimum weight of 2500 g. For males the onset of sexual maturity, as indicated by a more rapid increase in testes size, commenced at a mean weight of 3200 g and was completed at a mean weight of 3800 g and an estimated age of 12-14 months. The lightest males detected undergoing intial spermatogenesis weighed 2600 g. Adult males showed no significant monthly variations in either combined whole testes weight or percentage of seminiferous tubules containing spermatids or spermatozoa. However, significant monthly changes in combined epididymides weight indicated a low-intensity reproductive cycle.

Bait uptake by feral cats on French Island, Victoria.

2007 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 77 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.J. Johnston ◽  
M.J. Shaw ◽  
A. Robley ◽  
N.K. Schedvin
Keyword(s):  
Fluorescence Microscopy ◽  
Rhodamine B ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Felis Catus ◽  
Control Technique ◽  
Feral Cat ◽  
Feral Cats ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
Eastern Australia ◽  
Broad Scale

Management of feral cat (Felis catus) populations is currently limited by the lack of a control technique that is cost-effective, target-specific and suitable for broad-scale application. This paper describes two non-toxic bait acceptance trials undertaken on French Island in Western Port, Victoria in south?eastern Australia. Moist meat baits were injected with the marker Rhodamine B (RB), and surface distributed along the existing road and firebreak network. Subsequent trapping of feral cats facilitated collection of whiskers, which were analysed using ultraviolet fluorescence microscopy for the presence of RB marking. Twenty-four and forty-seven cats respectively were recovered in each trial with fifty per cent of these individuals found to have consumed at least one bait in either trial. Results are discussed with reference to the development of a felid-specific toxicant baiting technique.

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