Almost a thousand cats have been trapped in a decade by a cat controller enlisted in the fight against feral cats on an island in the Bass Strait.
Mr Bowden starts his workday at 6am, checking traps, changing bait, and releasing by-catch.
"The cats follow the roads. When there's an intersection, you're more likely to get good traffic coming through," Mr Bowden said as he crouches next to a cage.After three days on the island, he is yet to catch a cat. Mr Sculthorpe puts this down to an abundance of food outside of the cages. A recent discovery of white-fronted terns nesting on lungtalanana/Clarke Island means a significant portion of the overall nesting population in Tasmania is now under threat from feral cats.
"This is a colony that is under threat by the cats. If the feral cats know that the terns are out there, they can easily get out onto that rock and wipe out that little colony.
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