Kangaroo Island Landscape Board (KILB) has delivered the most intensive winter feral cat trapping and monitoring program since the eradication program commenced in 2020. Working with landholders and community members across the Dudley Peninsula and Pelican Lagoon from December 2023 through September 2024, KILB removed 347 feral cats using a combination of cage, soft-jawed leg holds, and thermal shooting.
KILB Feral Cat Eradication Program Leader Paul Jennings credited the program success to both community participation and sophisticated technology, including thermal optics, scopes, and drones, which have been used with very high success rates in locating and removing difficult-to-trap cats.
“Using information gathered from our extensive network of 4G cameras and community cat sightings, we know where to direct our attention” he said.
