Dr Read has developed a small solar-power device — the Felixer — that uses four lasers and some basic shape recognition technology to identify cats up to 4m away and fire the contents of a 1080 gel ...

A device that uses lasers and poison gel to kill feral cats and foxes has been successfully trialled at an outback animal conservation reserve. During the trial at Arid Recovery the Felixer only shot ...

The solar-powered Felixer device, invented by South Australian ecologist John Read, uses four lasers and some basic shape recognition technology to identify feral cats up to 4m away and fire the ...

A cat-killing machine designed to shoot toxic gel at predators will be rolled out across Australia in a bid to save the millions of native animals killed every year. The Felixer, designed by the ...

Kangaroo Island’s wild cats are in the firing line, as Natural Resources employs smart technology to squirt poison at the animals to kill them. ‘Felixer’ machines, which photograph animals’ movement ...

Nestled among the mangroves in Melbourne’s south-east is an island that’s home to one of the largest koala communities in the country. Potoroos jump around as white-breasted sea eagles, mutton birds ...

An autonomous device developed in Australia known as the ‘Felixer’ is proving a vital tool for ecologists seeking to minimise the threat of feral cats without endangering native wildlife. Cats and ...