Vermin – Cats & Foxes

European red fox (Vulpes vulpes), were deliberately released into Victoria in the 1860s for fox-hunting. Unfortunately, is a highly adaptive and mobile predator. When the fox arrived in the south-west in the late 1920s it coincided with a steep decline in the numbers of smaller native mammals.

Cats (Felis catus) arrived in Australia with European settlement and now occur across Australia and pose a substantial threat to our native animals, particularly in arid and semi-arid areas where foxes are less common. Research shows that the best way to ensure the survival of native animals in the wild is to control feral predators through baiting.

https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/chemicals/fox-control