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15/3/09 Recently published paper compares cat control methods. CSIRO recently published a paper in "Wildlife Research" on various feral cat control methods researched in the US: Evaluation of euthanasia and trap-neuter-return (TNR) programs in managing free-roaming cat populations Some quotes: "Population decreases were comparable among euthanasia, TNR and a 50 : 50 combination for all treatment rates when the immigration rate was 0%; however, they were higher for euthanasia at 25% and 50% maximum immigration rates." "We stress that TNR campaigns may not be appropriate in ecologically sensitive areas or in communities with high rates of nuisance complaints for free-roaming cats." "...there is evidence that sterilisation may increase survival rates for coyotes and freeroaming cats." 12/8/08 Savannah cat banned from importation into Australia From the Australian Labor Party website: Federal Environment Minister Peter Garrett has banned the Savannah cat from being brought into Australia finding it poses an extreme risk to Australia's environment and biodiversity. Mr Garrett used his powers under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 to amend the Act's live import list to change the definition of domestic cat to rule out cats with the genes of the African wildcat, the Serval. 2/7/08 KICCC website redesign Coinciding with the move to our new web address, we have embarked on a redesign of our website. We are retaining the Ned Kelly armour theme developed a couple of years ago, but simplifying the layout and using smaller images to improve page load times. We appreciate any feedback you have on our activities. 2/7/08 Can the importation of Savannah cats into Australia be stopped? These new super moggies, if accidentally or intentionally released into the wild, pose a serious threat to Australia's environment. Introduction to Kangaroo Island's feral pool would be catastophic, with no larger predators to bother them. They would prey on larger animals as well as the smaller ones, and consume more of them. They would presumably also co-host the sarco and toxo parasites that are such a huge menace to Kangaroo Island's sheep farms. The Kangaroo Island Cat Control Committee strongly oppose the importation of these animals into Australia, and urge the Federal Government to ban their importation, including tracking and disposing of any animals already imported. Although cat control is normally a state and local government issue, the actual importation of exotic species is controlled by the Federal Government, so it is up to them to protect our borders against this potentially devastating pest species. 1/7/08 New web address for KICCC The Kangaroo Island Cat Control Committee now has a new web address: www.kiccc.org.au. The website has been hosted for free by Charlieweb at kangaroo-island-world.com, but now we have our own domain. This comes at a time when our activities are ramping up again with the pending field trials of a newly developed cat control measure. We hope to report more on this news soon. 29/1/07 Bird flu in cats A deadly strain of the bird flu virus has been found in cats in Indonesia, according to an article in the New Scientist. This has implications for greater possibility of infecting other mammals, including humans. Extracts on our website Bird flu in cats Full New Scientist article online 8/11/06 KI Council wins Civic Trust Award Congratulations to the Kangaroo Island Council for winning a Civic Trust Award for their implementation of the Kangaroo Island Dog and Cat Management Plan. KICCC members and council General Inspectors Ray Louth and Les Gullickson were responsible for developing the plan, which has been phased in over the last 12 months or so and has set new environmental standards for domestic cat management. 17/3/06 New Wildlife Photo Gallery Professional wildlife photographer Tim Newbery has kindly consented to our displaying some of his magnificent photographs, featuring the native fauna of Kangaroo Island preyed upon by feral cats. His photographs may be viewed on our new Vulnerable Species page. The gallery will increase over time, as more photos beome available. 17/12/05 Tea Tree Gully introduces cat control. "CATS in Tea Tree Gully are closer to being treated like dogs - with owners penalised for misbehaviour - after a council decision this week. Tea Tree Gully Council this week agreed to a cat management policy, making it the only metropolitan council to follow the lead of Kangaroo Island in introducing registration of cats." More... 12/12/05 Adelaide Advertiser Story The Adelaide Advertiser has an article about the cat skin products produced on Kangaroo Island. There are a number of inaccuracies, but it was researched over the weekend when no-one was available to provide the facts: • KICCC has never received any funding from the bodies mentioned (Dog and Cat Management Board, Kangaroo Island Council). • KICCC does not produce cat skin products • KICCC does not sell the products • KICCC received funding from the Kangaroo Island Natural Resources Management Board to conduct research into parasite load in 50 feral cats. These cats were disposed of properly. Full KICCC Response... Update 17 Dec 05: despite repeated requests, The Advertiser has failed to correct their errors in reporting. 24/9/05 Photo Gallery Added The farmers of Bugga Bugga Creek have kindly submitted some photos and accompanying text of some methods cat control taking place at various locations around Kangaroo Island... Photo Gallery 10/9/05 Dog and Cat Management Plan now online Kangaroo Island Council's new Dog and Cat Management Plan in now available online.... KI Council Dog and Cat Management Plan 7/9/05 Interesting new articles Some new articles have been added to the website: Your Cat Could Make You Crazy Risk factors for toxoplasmosis in UK pregnant women A Feral Peril - problems caused by the decline in Tasmania's devil population 26/8/05 Readers Digest article Readers Digest have recently published an article about Kangaroo Island's feral cat issue, and Barry Green's control effort at American River. The article can be previewed online at Readers Digest 2/8/05 Survey Results Released The results of the survey conducted by Kangaroo Island Council and Kangaroo Island Natural Resources Board have been released. A summary of the findings can now be seen on our Residents Survey Results page. 1/8/05 Annual General Meeting The KICCC Annual General Meeting will be held on Wednesday 22nd September, 7:30pm at the Ozone Hotel, Kingscote. There will be guest speakers and a light supper. New and renewal membership dues may be paid on the night. 9/2/05 Upcoming Kangaroo Island Field Day The KICCC will be conducting information sessions and presenting a display at the Kangaroo Island Field Day, Thursday 24th February. Farmers will be able to see first hand the economic and quality losses sarcosporidiosis can cause in sheep carcasses. There will be trapping hints, information on responsible cat ownership and other useful info. 22/1/05 War the solution to dog and fox control A new article has been added, written by Ian Paterson and published in the Stock Journal with information that could be relevant to controlling feral cats. It will be found in the Information pages. 30/12/04 Cat Sightings Form The cat sightings form is now operational. It allows anyone who sights a feral cat on Kangaroo Island to report the sighting. Data such as date, time, location, colour, weight, sex etc can be entered and the data will be emailed to our feral animal control officer, plus entered into a sightings database. Island residents and visitors are encouraged to use the form. 18/12/04 Television Coverage Film crews from "A Current Affair" and "Sunday Sunrise" have recently visited Kangaroo Island to cover different aspects of our cat situation. 7/11/04 Article in Weekend Australian Page 5 of this weekend's "Australian" newspaper has an article about Barry Green's trapping successes. The article can be viewed online. 3/11/04 Members Area now available The new Members Area now has content. All members with email should have received login details. If you are a member and have not received the email with the login details, please contact Mal 3/11/04 Trapping Hints added Trapping hints have now been added to the website. You might find it handy to print them up. Also the report "The helminth and protozoan parasites from feral cats on Kangaroo Island" has been published. 17/10/04 Website Update There have been some cosmetic changes made to the website, and a new Members Area added. There is no content in it yet, but when there is, members will be advised of the login details. 21/7/04 New Page of Links Added A page of links to external sites with information relevant to cat control in Australia has been added... links page. 20/7/04 Welcome to Catmews Welcome to the Kangaroo Island Cat Control Committee's website. If you have some information you would like to see here, please contact us. In the meantime, enjoy browsing our site.
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Kangaroo Island Cat Control Committee

News and Media

15/3/09 Recently published paper compares cat control methods.
CSIRO recently published a paper in "Wildlife Research" on various feral cat control methods researched in the US:
Evaluation of euthanasia and trap-neuter-return (TNR) programs in managing free-roaming cat populations

Some quotes:
"Population decreases were comparable among euthanasia, TNR and a 50 : 50 combination for all treatment rates when the immigration rate was 0%; however, they were higher for euthanasia at 25% and 50% maximum immigration rates."
"We stress that TNR campaigns may not be appropriate in ecologically sensitive areas or in communities with high rates of nuisance complaints for free-roaming cats."
"...there is evidence that sterilisation may increase survival rates for coyotes and freeroaming cats."

12/8/08 Savannah cat banned from importation into Australia
From the Australian Labor Party website:

Federal Environment Minister Peter Garrett has banned the Savannah cat from being brought into Australia finding it poses an extreme risk to Australia's environment and biodiversity.

Mr Garrett used his powers under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 to amend the Act's live import list to change the definition of domestic cat to rule out cats with the genes of the African wildcat, the Serval.

2/7/08 KICCC website redesign
Coinciding with the move to our new web address, we have embarked on a redesign of our website. We are retaining the Ned Kelly armour theme developed a couple of years ago, but simplifying the layout and using smaller images to improve page load times.

We appreciate any feedback you have on our activities.

2/7/08 Can the importation of Savannah cats into Australia be stopped?
These new super moggies, if accidentally or intentionally released into the wild, pose a serious threat to Australia's environment. Introduction to Kangaroo Island's feral pool would be catastophic, with no larger predators to bother them. They would prey on larger animals as well as the smaller ones, and consume more of them. They would presumably also co-host the sarco and toxo parasites that are such a huge menace to Kangaroo Island's sheep farms. The Kangaroo Island Cat Control Committee strongly oppose the importation of these animals into Australia, and urge the Federal Government to ban their importation, including tracking and disposing of any animals already imported.

Although cat control is normally a state and local government issue, the actual importation of exotic species is controlled by the Federal Government, so it is up to them to protect our borders against this potentially devastating pest species.

1/7/08 New web address for KICCC
The Kangaroo Island Cat Control Committee now has a new web address: www.kiccc.org.au. The website has been hosted for free by Charlieweb at kangaroo-island-world.com, but now we have our own domain. This comes at a time when our activities are ramping up again with the pending field trials of a newly developed cat control measure. We hope to report more on this news soon.

29/1/07 Bird flu in cats
A deadly strain of the bird flu virus has been found in cats in Indonesia, according to an article in the New Scientist. This has implications for greater possibility of infecting other mammals, including humans.

Extracts on our website Bird flu in cats

Full New Scientist article online

8/11/06 KI Council wins Civic Trust Award
Congratulations to the Kangaroo Island Council for winning a Civic Trust Award for their implementation of the Kangaroo Island Dog and Cat Management Plan. KICCC members and council General Inspectors Ray Louth and Les Gullickson were responsible for developing the plan, which has been phased in over the last 12 months or so and has set new environmental standards for domestic cat management.

17/3/06 New Wildlife Photo Gallery
Professional wildlife photographer Tim Newbery has kindly consented to our displaying some of his magnificent photographs, featuring the native fauna of Kangaroo Island preyed upon by feral cats. His photographs may be viewed on our new Vulnerable Species page. The gallery will increase over time, as more photos beome available.

17/12/05 Tea Tree Gully introduces cat control.
"CATS in Tea Tree Gully are closer to being treated like dogs - with owners penalised for misbehaviour - after a council decision this week.

Tea Tree Gully Council this week agreed to a cat management policy, making it the only metropolitan council to follow the lead of Kangaroo Island in introducing registration of cats." More...

12/12/05 Adelaide Advertiser Story
The Adelaide Advertiser has an article about the cat skin products produced on Kangaroo Island. There are a number of inaccuracies, but it was researched over the weekend when no-one was available to provide the facts:
• KICCC has never received any funding from the bodies mentioned (Dog and Cat Management Board, Kangaroo Island Council).
• KICCC does not produce cat skin products
• KICCC does not sell the products
• KICCC received funding from the Kangaroo Island Natural Resources Management Board to conduct research into parasite load in 50 feral cats. These cats were disposed of properly.
Full KICCC Response...

Update 17 Dec 05: despite repeated requests, The Advertiser has failed to correct their errors in reporting.

24/9/05 Photo Gallery Added
The farmers of Bugga Bugga Creek have kindly submitted some photos and accompanying text of some methods cat control taking place at various locations around Kangaroo Island... Photo Gallery

10/9/05 Dog and Cat Management Plan now online
Kangaroo Island Council's new Dog and Cat Management Plan in now available online....
KI Council Dog and Cat Management Plan

7/9/05 Interesting new articles
Some new articles have been added to the website:
Your Cat Could Make You Crazy
Risk factors for toxoplasmosis in UK pregnant women
A Feral Peril - problems caused by the decline in Tasmania's devil population

26/8/05 Readers Digest article
Readers Digest have recently published an article about Kangaroo Island's feral cat issue, and Barry Green's control effort at American River. The article can be previewed online at Readers Digest

2/8/05 Survey Results Released
The results of the survey conducted by Kangaroo Island Council and Kangaroo Island Natural Resources Board have been released. A summary of the findings can now be seen on our Residents Survey Results page.

1/8/05 Annual General Meeting
The KICCC Annual General Meeting will be held on Wednesday 22nd September, 7:30pm at the Ozone Hotel, Kingscote. There will be guest speakers and a light supper. New and renewal membership dues may be paid on the night.

9/2/05 Upcoming Kangaroo Island Field Day
The KICCC will be conducting information sessions and presenting a display at the Kangaroo Island Field Day, Thursday 24th February. Farmers will be able to see first hand the economic and quality losses sarcosporidiosis can cause in sheep carcasses. There will be trapping hints, information on responsible cat ownership and other useful info.

22/1/05 War the solution to dog and fox control
A new article has been added, written by Ian Paterson and published in the Stock Journal with information that could be relevant to controlling feral cats. It will be found in the Information pages.

30/12/04 Cat Sightings Form
The cat sightings form is now operational. It allows anyone who sights a feral cat on Kangaroo Island to report the sighting. Data such as date, time, location, colour, weight, sex etc can be entered and the data will be emailed to our feral animal control officer, plus entered into a sightings database.

Island residents and visitors are encouraged to use the form.

18/12/04 Television Coverage
Film crews from "A Current Affair" and "Sunday Sunrise" have recently visited Kangaroo Island to cover different aspects of our cat situation.

7/11/04 Article in Weekend Australian
Page 5 of this weekend's "Australian" newspaper has an article about Barry Green's trapping successes. The article can be viewed online.

3/11/04 Members Area now available
The new Members Area now has content. All members with email should have received login details. If you are a member and have not received the email with the login details, please contact Mal

3/11/04 Trapping Hints added
Trapping hints have now been added to the website. You might find it handy to print them up. Also the report "The helminth and protozoan parasites from feral cats on Kangaroo Island" has been published.

17/10/04 Website Update
There have been some cosmetic changes made to the website, and a new Members Area added. There is no content in it yet, but when there is, members will be advised of the login details.

21/7/04 New Page of Links Added
A page of links to external sites with information relevant to cat control in Australia has been added... links page.

20/7/04 Welcome to Catmews
Welcome to the Kangaroo Island Cat Control Committee's website. If you have some information you would like to see here, please contact us. In the meantime, enjoy browsing our site.