Our recommendations promote targeted desexing and education over trapping, support officer training and community engagement, and reject containment laws to ensure humane, effective animal management.

Advocating humane, evidence-based reform to replace ineffective enforcement with community support that reduces shelter intake, protects wildlife, and improves welfare.

We oppose punitive cat control laws and urge Mount Gambier to adopt humane, evidence-based strategies like targeted desexing and community support to improve outcomes for pets, people, and councils.

We recommend humane, evidence-based strategies that reduce cat overpopulation, protect wildlife, and avoid the harms of unenforceable containment laws.