November 2025 The Greens NSW Companion Animals Amendment (Control of Cats) Bill 2025 is in stark contrast and contrary with the recent Parliament Inquiry Management of cat populations in New South Wales with its proven rapid approach to increase cat containment and other proactive One Welfare solutions under its scope. The NSW Government is takingContinue reading “Flawed NSW GREENS Bill for Cat Containment Laws”
Category Archives: Aussie, NSW & Local Govts
Guide to target councils for high intensity desexing
September 2025 – WIP 🙂 Currently we are waiting for the New South Wales government Ministers to declare the future intentions for managing cat populations amid the cat crisis. While we see the potential for high intensity desexing in the “hardest” areas with significant numbers of undesexed cats, it is unknown how many councils willContinue reading “Guide to target councils for high intensity desexing”
Save Community Cats
July 2025 BRIEF UPDATE POST RALLY 20250823 Save Community Cats Rally a few special moments (2) The rally was successfully held. As an inaugural event it attracted 150 attendees on a Saturday when many rescuers are busy with adoption interviews and events. This short video is an interim update. Audio and text support messages fromContinue reading “Save Community Cats”
PAC Sect 32 Companion Animals Act NSW
Concerns and recommendations in relation to section 32 were provided to the Office of Local Government (OLG) New South Wales (NSW) 4 June 2025 by the Protect All Cats (PAC) team. Section 32 includes legal responsibilities and obligations for seizing (trapping) a cat, which currently is open to interpretation and improvements are needed to assureContinue reading “PAC Sect 32 Companion Animals Act NSW”
NSW Companion Animal Act Section 32
Section 32 of the New South Wales (NSW) Companion Animal (CA) Act 1998 describes obligations for when a cat may be seized. But much of it is open to interpretation. Write to NSW Minister Local Government Hon. Ron Hoenig to improve section 32 to ensure any cats seized/ trapped will be safely & humanely caredContinue reading “NSW Companion Animal Act Section 32”
NSW CA Act Discussion Paper review due 4 May
Submissions are due Sunday 4 May by 11.59pm. “The aim is for the Act to strengthenthe social licence for keeping companion animals, while also holding pet owners accountable for the care and management of their pets. The Act must also address the urgent need to prevent companion animals from needlessly entering the council pound andContinue reading “NSW CA Act Discussion Paper review due 4 May”
2024 Nov APWF Submission NSW Inquiry managing cat populations
This blog includes key points and quoted sections of the Australian Pet Welfare Foundation submission. Images are included which may be of value to use in discussions with levels of government and communities. LRC provides images of quotes from the APWF findings and recommendations on a variety of focus areas, including rescuers & carers, theirContinue reading “2024 Nov APWF Submission NSW Inquiry managing cat populations”
AUSTRALIA: RESCUE & REHOME STRAY CATS, DO NOT ERADICATE ALL STRAY CATS EVERYWHERE
Please support domestic stray cats with the petition: https://www.change.org/p/stop-the-planned-australian-eradication-of-all-stray-cats-they-are-not-feral-cats We call on the Minister for Environment, Tanya Plibersek to correct the cruel 2023 draft Threat Abatement Plan (TAP) for predation by feral cats, which intends to incorporate all stray cats as feral cats and apply the same lethal approaches to ALL urban domestic cats. ThisContinue reading “AUSTRALIA: RESCUE & REHOME STRAY CATS, DO NOT ERADICATE ALL STRAY CATS EVERYWHERE”
Vic Cat Management Strategy, Submissions due 26 April 2024
It is critical that everyone involved with cat welfare, especially community cat rescuers & feeders, provide a submission as feedback to this strategy. The draft Victorian Cat Management Strategy (the draft strategy) fails to include intrinsic stakeholders in the “main group” for formulation, including domestic cat management experts (eg APWF), the Australian Veterinary Association (AVA)Continue reading “Vic Cat Management Strategy, Submissions due 26 April 2024”
Cats: Terms & definitions and why these are important
This blog is a summary of the evolution of the terms and definitions for cats in Australia, ie how do we categorise cats largely by their behaviours. These terms (however poorly defined) are critical as they dictate or imply legal obligations – whether you agree with them or not. Our LRC post references: “The Good”: latestContinue reading “Cats: Terms & definitions and why these are important”
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