Vertebrate and wildlife management in Australia covers two arcs that share a single trade. The declared-pest arc carries foxes, rabbits, feral cats, and deer in some states, all governed by state biosecurity legislation, POCTA, and the state animal welfare code. The protected-species arc carries possums, bats, flying foxes, kangaroos, wallabies, koalas, wombats, and other native species governed by state wildlife protection legislation and the federal Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. The lawful program shape changes by species and by state, which is why the catalogue carries the species depth alongside the system mix.

Predation pressure on Australian agricultural country is sustained because the introduced predators are built for it. The European red fox (Vulpes vulpes) is the most successful introduced predator on the continent, present across most of the mainland and Tasmania, and a listed Key Threatening Process under EPBC. The feral cat (Felis catus) sits on 99.9% of Australia's land area and was the subject of the 2024 federal Threat Abatement Plan jointly made with seven states and territories. The European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) drives biosecurity audits across most of southern Australia. Feral and introduced deer (Sambar, Fallow, Red, Rusa, Hog, Chital) are declared in some states and managed under permit in others, with the National Feral Deer Action Plan 2023 to 2028 setting a 35 to 50 percent annual local-population reduction target.

The protected side follows a different rule book. Common Brushtail and Common Ringtail possums are protected under state wildlife protection legislation across mainland Australia; the lawful program is exclusion of the access point with a one-way valve, with trapping limited to permit-driven contexts and dispatch generally restricted in most states. Bats and flying foxes are protected federally through the EPBC Act and at state level, with several flying fox species holding additional threatened-species listings; the lawful program is exclusion-only, permit-driven, and timed to roost-occupancy and breeding-season windows specified in state legislation. Kangaroos, wallabies, koalas, wombats, and other native mammals operate under state wildlife protection legislation with damage mitigation permit pathways and species-specific welfare codes.

Pest IT supplies the system mix that holds across both arcs. The Magnet Trap range carries the live-capture flagship: Fox Magnet Trap for council and agribusiness biosecurity work, Rabbit Magnet Trap for declared-pest country, Possum and Cat Magnet Trap for permit-driven possum exclusion and feral cat programs. MinkPolice X Trap Sensors fit the range and turn the daily check round into cellular-alert data for remote and large programs. AvePro structural mesh, ledge wire, and ledge spikes handle the protected-species exclusion layer where exclusion is the only lawful method.

Every system ships with the documentation pack the council, the auditor, and the conservation officer expect: catch and disposal log templates for declared-pest reporting, dispatch protocol summaries referencing the state animal welfare code, structural specification documents for exclusion work, and a state-by-state legislation summary the operator keeps in the back pocket. The Free Design Service maps the species and the site against the legislation and welfare code and supplies the trap or exclusion sequence ready to take back to council, audit, or contract. Browse the species pages for the field-level science, the systems pages for the range, or the brand pages for the kit. Spec it with us.