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MEDIA RELEASE: ACT cat legislation an important step towards wildlife protection

MEDIA RELEASE: ACT cat legislation an important step towards wildlife protection

Feb 10, 2022 | Latest News, Nature and waterways

The Conservation Council ACT Region today welcomed new legislation to implement cat containment across Canberra as an important step forward in how we manage domestic animals and protect native wildlife. Unfortunately, implementation measures that only apply to new...
A simple way to protect our native mammals, birds and reptiles

A simple way to protect our native mammals, birds and reptiles

Sep 22, 2020 | ACT Election Priorities 2020, Latest News, Nature and waterways

Helen Oakey, Executive Director Monday 7th September was Threatened Species Day, a day that marks the death of the last Tasmanian tiger in 1936, and an opportunity to reflect what we can do to cease the rate of extinction in Australia. While biodiversity can sometimes...
Take action to protect our natural environment

Take action to protect our natural environment

Sep 14, 2020 | ACT Election Priorities 2020, Nature and waterways

Our biodiversity faces many threats, yet the ACT Government has not yet committed to protect all areas with conservation values or mitigate against threats like roaming cats. The ACT hosts the largest remaining remnants of Grassy-Box Woodlands and Native Temperate...
MEDIA RELEASE: Community support for Coombs Peninsula to be protected

MEDIA RELEASE: Community support for Coombs Peninsula to be protected

Nov 28, 2019 | Campaigns, Latest News, Nature and waterways, Urban planning

MEDIA RELEASE: The Conservation Council has welcomed a motion which passed the ACT Legislative Assembly yesterday and called on the ACT Government to put aside the Coombs Peninsula for environmental and recreational purposes, and remove it from the land release...
Neighbourhood Cat Containment Pack

Neighbourhood Cat Containment Pack

Nov 26, 2019 | Campaigns, Latest News, Nature and waterways

Would you like to encourage voluntary cat containment in your neighbourhood?  Perhaps you live close to a nature reserve and the protection of sensitive wildlife is important to you, or maybe roaming neighbourhood cats are a nuisance. Our community engagement...

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