Feral cat control

Names and classification

Record type

intervention

Kauaʻi occurrence and status

Recorded state

Available, active, proposed or context-dependent

Conservation interventions

Action definition

Reduce cat predation in high-value wildlife habitat and near grounding hotspots

Mechanism of action

Removal/exclusion, responsible pet ownership, no-feeding policies and monitoring

Prerequisites

Legal/ethical framework; sustained effort; public cooperation; hotspot data

Implementation context

Seabird colonies, refuges, wetlands and urban/coastal grounding areas

Expected outcomes

Lower predation and higher breeding/survival rates

Monitoring design

Cat activity; removal; nest predation; carcass incidence; recolonization

Unintended consequences

Public conflict; compensatory immigration if control is not landscape-coordinated

Implementation limits

Implementation status, cost and efficacy must be tied to a dated place/program record.

Sources and further reading

• https://kauaiseabirdproject.org/the-solutions/
• https://www.fws.gov/story/2024-01/discoveries-wonders-milestones

Connected Atlas records

• Feral cat predation · Threats & Conservation