
%0 Journal Article
%A Risbey, Danielle A. 
%A Calver, Mike 
%A Short, Jeff 
%T Control of Feral Cats for Nature Conservation. I. Field Tests of Four Baiting Methods
%J Wildlife Research
%D 1997/05/19
%V 24
%N 3
%P 319-326
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/WR96051
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/WR96051 
%X Four methods of baiting were evaluated on a radio-collared population of feral cats on Heirisson Prong, Shark Bay, Western Australia. Dried-meat baits, baiting rabbits to kill cats through secondary poisoning, a fishmeal-based bait and a bait coated in the flavour enhancer Digest were tested. All proved to be ineffective for controlling feral cats. Future research should explore baits more &#8216;natural&#8217; in appearance and the effect of visual lures, and possibly bait over a larger area to increase the number of cats exposed to baits. 
