Their (cats) numbers can be reduced by trapping, shooting or poisoning. They can be caught in cage traps. A fish-based pet food is recommended for baiting traps. Live-trapping requires considerable effort and often much time, but any non-target animals caught can be released. Trapped feral cats are difficult to handle and should be shot while still in the trap.
Feral cats may be located and shot at night using a spot light and a high powered rifle (or a shotgun at short range). Poisoning campaigns for rabbits, foxes, dingoes or feral pigs sometimes kill feral cats. They are highly susceptible to 1080 and may be killed by eating baits or by scavenging on the carcasses of poisoned target animals. In Western Australia, feral cats may be poisoned with manufactured 1080 Feral Cat Baits (4 g baits containing 6 mg of 1080). The use of these baits is restricted and each application needs the permission of the Chief Executive Officer of the Agriculture Protection Board or of his deputy.