Feral Cat Management Melbourne

Feral cats are among Australia's most damaging invasive predators — a single animal kills an estimated 740 native animals per year. In urban fringe areas, bushland reserves and properties around Melbourne, unchecked feral cat populations devastate native wildlife and threaten small livestock, poultry and companion animals.

Melbourne Wildlife and Pest Control provides professional feral cat management across greater Melbourne, the Yarra Ranges, Nillumbik, Murrindindi Shire and throughout Victoria — for residential properties, rural landholdings, golf courses, council reserves and government-managed parks.

Call 0438 728 400 for a no-obligation assessment

We deploy the right combination of methods for each site, assessed through camera surveillance before any trapping begins: 

• Cage trapping — placed at high-activity sites, checked regularly in line with animal welfare requirements

• Soft catch leghold trapping — Melbourne Wildlife and Pest Control holds current Animal Welfare Victoria approval to use leghold traps in urban areas of Victoria (valid to May 2029, under Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Regulations 2019)

• Shooting — Ken holds a full suite of Victoria Police firearms authorities including a Public Place Permit, Silencer Permit and Category C Longarm Licence. Safe shoot plans submitted prior to any public area program

Our feral cat management is backed by multi-year programs in Victoria's most demanding environments.

Parks Victoria — Yarra Ranges National Park: Predator control programs (cat and fox) at Bellell Creek, Lake Mountain, Lady Talbot and Cambarville, running continuously from 2021 through the 2024/25 season. Every program includes individual operational plans, Safe Work Method Statements and full documentation to Parks Victoria's contractor standards.

Kinglake National Park (Everard Block): Predator control operations protecting critical habitat for native species.

We also work regularly with Nillumbik Shire Council, private rural landowners and commercial properties across the Yarra Valley and surrounding regions

• Wildlife Controller Licence — Victoria
• Animal Welfare Victoria Approval — Leghold Traps (urban areas), valid May 2026 to May 2029
• Parks Victoria Section 37 Certificate of Authorisation — Category A, B & C firearms in all scheduled National Parks, valid to December 2026
• Victoria Police Public Place Permit — Category A & B firearms, valid to October 2027
• Victoria Police Silencer Permit — valid to October 2027
• Category C Longarm Licence — Professional Hunter, Victoria
• Pest Control Licence — Victoria Department of Health & Human Services
• VPMAA Member — Vertebrate Pest Managers Association Australia
• Public Liability Insurance — $20,000,000
• 35+ years field experience. 
• All equipment owned — Isuzu 4WD, Kubota 4WD buggy, game cameras, cage traps and soft catch traps

Greater Melbourne, Yarra Valley, Yarra Ranges, Nillumbik, Murrindindi Shire, Whittlesea, Mornington Peninsula, Dandenong Ranges, Cardinia, Frankston and regional Victoria. Contact us to discuss your location. 

If you're dealing with feral cats on your property, early action is more effective and more cost-efficient. Call Ken on 0438 728 400 or use our contact form.

Melbourne Wildlife and Pest Control — professional feral cat and wildlife management across Melbourne and Victoria.