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AI-powered cat traps deployed to protect Australian wildlife

Original: Pspspspspss! A Felixor cat trap in southern Garriwerd. Feral cats are a huge problem for native wildlife, and are resist

A Felixer feral cat trap is operating in southern Garriwerd, the Grampians in Victoria, Australia. The devices use lidar and an AI model to distinguish cats from native animals, firing a sticky 1080 poison pellet onto detected cats. Feral cats devastate native wildlife and resist conventional trapping and hunting, so people are sharing the technology as a promising conservation tool.

Why now: Interest in new automated technology tackling feral cats, a major threat to Australian native wildlife

FelixerGrampians (Garriwerd)feral catsAustralian wildlife

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• Pspspspspss! A Felixor cat trap in southern Garriwerd. Feral cats are a huge problem for native wildlife, and are resistant to trapping and hunting. These devices use lidar and an AI model to detect cats. If it detects a cat it shoots a sticky pellet of 1080 poison on to their… · stib@aus.social · 4

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