Ms PATTEN (Northern Metropolitan) (12:52): (1570) My constituency question is for the Minister for Energy, Environment and Climate Change. Kate Jost, a resident of mine in Reservoir, is really concerned that native birds and wildlife in her area are being attacked by domestic cats.
Darebin council has introduced a cat curfew, but in her experience cat owners are not being fined for having their cats out after dark. She says that situation is replicated throughout many councils in the north.
So her question is: does the minister have data on the impact of domestic cats on wildlife in the Northern Metropolitan area for the past 12 months, and has that impact decreased with the introduction of curfews?
Fiona Patten MP
Leader of Reason
Member for Northern Metropolitan
Constituency question 2/12/21
