ACT the only Australian jurisdiction where cat management program trap, neuter, return is legal

 Releasing feral and stray cats into the wild is banned in most of Australia, but in the ACT a program called trap, neuter, return (TNR) is placing them back onto the streets.

Under the practice of TNR, wild cats are trapped, desexed and then released onto the streets to live in "cat colonies".

In the ACT, those colonies exist in the industrial suburbs of Fyshwick, Hume and Mitchell and are tended to by the Canberra Street Cat Alliance (CSCA), a volunteer organisation.

In every other state and territory, various laws, including biodiversity acts, make it illegal to release an invasive species — like a cat — back into the environment. But the ACT allows TNR.

Read More: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-01-21/feral-cats-released-in-canberra-at-odds-with-cat-containment/100754100