Tasmanian Cat Management Project
The Tasmanian Cat Management Project (TCMP) is an initiative funded by the Tasmanian Government to support responsible cat ownership through the Tasmanian Cat Management Plan, to reduce the environmental and social impacts of roaming and stray cats.
Tassie Cat provides expert advice and useful resources to help you keep your cat safe, healthy and happy while protecting our wildlife and our communities.
Background
Background
Established in 2018, the TCMP takes a whole-of-community approach to the management of domestic and stray cats. Through collaboration and partnerships with local councils, animal welfare groups, and key stakeholders, the TCMP contributes to the initiatives set out in the state government’s Tasmanian Cat Management Plan which recognises that cats are an important part of Tasmanian society, but the role they play is a complex one. The species can be many things to different people, including much-loved pets, useful animals that control vermin, nuisance animals that annoy neighbours, and invasive animals that spread disease and have an adverse impact on native wildlife and agriculture.
Project Plan
Project Plan
The TCMP focuses on engagement with the Tasmanian community to promote responsible cat ownership including desexing, microchipping, containing pet cats indoors, and appropriate rehoming behaviour.
Key activities include:
- Facilitating responsible cat ownership and appropriate management of stray and roaming cats in the Tasmanian community through partnerships with local government and key stakeholders
- Providing expert advice and useful resources to help owners keep their cats healthy and happy, whilst protecting wildlife and communities, through the statewide responsible pet cat ownership initiative, TassieCat
- Attending events, community, and industry discussions to educate the broader community about how to help stray or unwanted cats and promote responsible pet cat ownership.
Keeping your cat indoors helps ensure the cat is protected against risk of injury or death from road accidents, fighting or disease, and prevents your cat from hunting wildlife.
Learn more about the Tassie Cat Project
Learn more about the Tassie Cat Project
Discover useful resources to help you keep your cat safe, healthy and happy while protecting our wildlife and our communities.
Resources
Resources
Quick Q&A
Quick Q&A
If you are the owner of a pet cat, or want information to help you speak to neighbours about cats in your community, the TassieCat website is a great place to start.
The Tasmanian Government and key stakeholders are working on initiatives to help manage the populations of feral cats in Tasmania, however feral cats are not a focus of the Tasmanian Cat Management Project. For information on feral cats, please review the information available from the Tasmanian Government.
There are two registered cat management facilities in Tasmania:
The Cat Management Act 2009 outlines the management actions that can be taken when a cat is found in a prohibited, rural or remote area. Please visit the Tasmanian Government website for more information.
Partners
The Tasmanian Cat Management Project is a joint initiative to promote and facilitate responsible cat ownership in the Tasmanian community. The project is supported by Cradle Coast NRM, Ten Lives and NRM North, through funding from the Tasmanian Government.
Partners
The Tasmanian Cat Management Project is a joint initiative to promote and facilitate responsible cat ownership in the Tasmanian community. The project is supported by Cradle Coast NRM, Ten Lives and NRM North, through funding from the Tasmanian Government.