The NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service is recruiting its first ever ground shooting control team to help protect an estimated 1.5 billion native animals killed in Australia by feral cats each year.
National Parks and Wildlife Service staff have reported an increase in feral cat numbers in western NSW.The NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service has launched its first-ever dedicated feral cat control team.What's next?abc.net.au/news/feral-cat-specialist-ground-shooting-team-national-parks-nsw/104450578The NSW government will recruit a team of expert shooters in a state-first program to remove feral cats from national parks.
He said it was hoped the landscape of the west would make ground shooting an effective control method. Mr Pitt said that while the full eradication of feral cats was not possible, keeping their numbers as low as possible was necessary for the conservation of native wildlife.
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