complete cat control

Hullo all cat controllers. Patently, complete and permanent elimination of all feral cats will not be possible. BUT, by a combination of ongoing, (and ongoing), measures, including fencing, trapping, poisoning, shooting, dogging, darting and sprinkling salt on their tails, by any and all effective means, as well as continuous monitoring and implementation, the numbers can be dramatically reduced and vulnerable wildlife protected to a very significant degree. Unless some Ebola-like cat disease occurs, Australia-wide eradication won’t happen, but in finite areas such as around water in “deserts” and other relatively localised conservation hotspots eg Mornington, it is practical. Continuous monitoring and implementation would be crucial. To that extent cat control is very do-able. It really boils down to willingness to do it, and dollars The possibility that a Night Parrot has been taken by a feral cat has kick-started a small publicity campaign about feral cats and their control, the Federal Government is apparently putting out a Conservation Paper on the topic. This thread on Birding-aus has produced many constructive ideas. Both Federal and State Governments would need to come onside. Implementing Govt. support is out of my area and beyond my time lines, does anyone out there have experience in that field? Cheers Michael