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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Donna Lu

‘Keep your cat indoors’: why conservationists are pushing for pet containment in Australia

Research has found pet cats in Australia kill up to 50 times more animals per square kilometre in urban areas than feral cats kill in natural environments.
Research has found pet cats in Australia kill up to 50 times more animals per square kilometre in urban areas than feral cats kill in natural environments. Photograph: Julia Gavin/Alamy

Conservation groups are calling for state governments to implement measures to contain pet cats, which are estimated to kill 323m native animals in Australia each year.

It comes after the environment minister, Tanya Plibersek, last week unveiled a draft national plan to tackle feral cats. Plibersek acknowledged that while feral cats were the main threat to native wildlife, “domestic cats have to be properly managed as well”.

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