Genetic technology to manage feral cats
Almost 90 per-cent of Australians would be open to the use of gene technology, to control feral cats.
Technologies, including one called ‘gene drive’ could used to spread fertility-affecting traits through populations, to eventually drive down numbers.
Rural Reporter Rhiannon Soliman-Marron caught up with CSIRO Researcher Doctor Owain Edwards, to talk more about gene drive and its use.