‘Invasive species’ management – managing the Australian free-roaming cat population

Sophie Riley and Joan E. Schaffner

Chapter 59 in Elgar Concise Encyclopedia of Animal Law, 2025, pp 225-228 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: The management of ‘invasive species’ or ‘introduced predators’ often involves the inhumane killing of hundreds of millions of animals under the guise of conservation. In Australia, managing free-roaming cat populations to protect native biodiversity overlaps with cats’ classification as invasive alien species, and further categorization as feral, stray, and domestic. The use of such classifications assumes a high level of harm to native biodiversity by feral and stray cats. However, these assumptions lead to questionable environmental outcomes and substandard integration of cat welfare.

Keywords: Invasive Alien Species; Feral Cats; Stray Cats; Trap-Neuter-Return; Biodiversity; Management (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
ISBN: 9781803923666
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