Aussies are urged to have their say on how to wipe out one of our most destructive pests.
Public consultation has opened today on a new action plan to stop the devastation feral cats wreak on native wildlife.
Cats kill two billion reptiles, birds and mammals every year in Australia - almost six million every night.Feral cats have played a role in two thirds of mammal extinctions over the past 200 years and currently threaten over 200 nationally listed threatened species, including the greater bilby, numbat, and Gilbert's potoroo.
As well as killing native animals themselves, feral cats also compete with native predators for food and can carry deadly diseases.The government has already invested millions in eradication programs, and is investing in other projects such as a new bait that won't harm native animals."If we don't act now, our native animals don't stand a chance," she said.
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