Black Cat Conservation & Land Management

Black Cat CALM services is partnered with Feral Vertebrate Reduction Contracting (FVRC) and Thanatos Conservation and Land Services. Our organization is further backed up by a network of habitual and trusted sub-contractors who are fully qualified in all areas of Conservation and Land Management. Black Cat CALM Services is fully scalable and able to cater to any vertebrate pest problem in any environment.

FVR Contracting (FVRC) is the leading partner to Black Cat Conservation Services and is a Conservation and Land Management business focused on integrated feral animal/vertebrate pest management. FVRC is owned and operated by Nathan Ravenscroft and offers the full suite of feral animal management capabilities inclusive of the provision of mine spec equipment. Nathan has an extensive military background and has a comprehensive understanding of the risk management protocols required in heavily regulated industries. FVRC offers the highest level of compliance and licensing in the industry and caters to a broad range of government and non-government organisations to be conducted in a range of environments in accordance with the clients’ risk management protocols.

• Ground shooting operations
• Thermal shooting operations
• Aerial shooting operations
• Urban shooting operations
• Feral animal trapping
• Soft catch trapping (wild dogs/foxes/feral cats)
• ‘high risk’ feral animal management (proximity to infrastructure and personnel)
• Feral animal management advice and project management

Black Cat are able to cater to every element of feral animal control across all vertebrate species including feral pigs, feral cats, wild dogs, feral horses, feral cattle, feral deer, foxes, feral camels, feral donkeys, feral pigeons, pest birds, feral goats and asiatic water buffalo.

Safety is prioritised whilst humane destruction protocols, animal welfare, risk management, reporting and compliance are incorporated with each program to ensure high quality works specifically tailored to the client’s requirement. Whether conservation based, risk management based or just straight land management, Black Cat is able to cater to the need and implement a well-coordinated plan in consultation with the client.