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Perceptions of Responsible Cat Ownership Behaviors among a Convenience Sample of Australians

open access: yesAnimals, 2019
Responsible cat ownership is important for keeping pet cats and wildlife safe. Much research investigating levels of compliance with and attitudes towards responsible cat ownership practices has focused on cat owners.
Tiffani J Howell   +2 more
exaly   +3 more sources

Rethinking Urban Cat Management—Limitations and Unintended Consequences of Traditional Cat Management [PDF]

open access: yesAnimals
Traditional methods for managing free-roaming cats in Australia primarily depend on legislation and enforcement to achieve compliance. State laws and local regulations mandate confinement, sterilization, registration, and identification and limit the ...
Jennifer Cotterell   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Urban Cat Management in Australia—Evidence-Based Strategies for Success [PDF]

open access: yesAnimals
Urban free-roaming cats present challenges like noise, urination, defecation, property damage, public health risks, and wildlife predation. Traditional enforcement methods, such as containment laws and impounding, are ineffective, especially in low ...
Jennifer Cotterell   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources

‘I want you to want me’: How owners value cats' choices has implications for cat containment

open access: yesPeople and Nature
Globally, cats are a common companion animal. Allowing companion cats to roam away from home can have negative impacts on native wildlife and cat welfare.
Imogen Bassett, Christine L Sumner
exaly   +2 more sources

Predicting the Conservation Behaviour of Cat Owners: Involvement, Attitudes and Approach-Avoidance Conflict

open access: yesConservation
Cats, including companion cats, inflict extensive harm on wildlife. Using a national survey of 2000 households in New Zealand, we investigated the influence of involvement (an indicator of motivation) on the willingness of cat owners to keep their cats ...
Geoff Kaine   +2 more
exaly   +3 more sources

Reception and management of agrochemical containers in the CATs

open access: yesECORFAN Journal Mexico, 2023
The handling of agrochemical containers is subject to compliance with current laws for the operation and certification of systems that reduce contamination risks. The objective of this research is to design a computer system that allows greater control in the Temporary Collection Centers (CAT), from the reception of containers to the exit of waste to ...
Raquel OCHOA-ORNELAS   +1 more
openaire   +1 more source

Introducing a Controlled Outdoor Environment Impacts Positively in Cat Welfare and Owner Concerns: The Use of a New Feline Welfare Assessment Tool

open access: yesFrontiers in Veterinary Science, 2021
There is much debate over the pros and cons of allowing cats to roam freely as opposed to keeping them confined indoors. We surveyed owners who implemented a commercial physical containment system to the outdoors to evaluate their characteristics and the
Luciana Santos de Assis   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

The animal welfare, environmental impact, pest control functions, and disease effects of free‐ranging cats can be generalized and all are grounds for humanely reducing their numbers

open access: yesConservation Science and Practice, 2023
Although the domestic cat Felis catus is implicated in multiple faunal extinctions and threatens many extant species, there is widespread, well‐funded advocacy for desexing unowned cats near human habitation and returning them to site to be fed by ...
Michael C. Calver   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effects of Long-Term Exposure to an Electronic Containment System on the Behaviour and Welfare of Domestic Cats. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2016
Free-roaming cats are exposed to a variety of risks, including involvement in road traffic accidents. One way of mitigating these risks is to contain cats, for example using an electronic boundary fence system that delivers an electric 'correction' via a
Naïma Kasbaoui   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Whole genome sequencing of multidrug-resistant Proteus mirabilis strain PM1162 recovered from a urinary tract infection in China

open access: yesJournal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance, 2023
: Objectives: Proteus mirabilis is an important opportunistic Gram-negative pathogen. This study reports the whole genome sequence of multidrug-resistant (MDR) P.
Jing Yang   +20 more
doaj   +1 more source

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