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Engaging with Socio-Economically Disadvantaged Communities and Their Cats: Human Behaviour Change for Animal and Human Benefit

Animals, 2019
The overpopulation of free-roaming domestic cats (Felis catus) is fuelled by uncontrolled breeding of both owned and unowned populations and has been identified as a particular problem in socio-economically deprived areas.
Jenni L. McDonald, Jane Clements
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Variations in the Gut Microbiota of Stray and Domestic Cats [PDF]

Animals
Urban stray cats are in close contact with humans and are important potential vectors for zoonotic diseases. However, comparative studies in the gut microbiota of cats living in different environments remain limited.
Yanan Wu, Chunliu Zhao, Xiran Guo, Jingzhe Cheng, Yiyu Liang, Xiaorui Tang, Zhenyu Peng, Kang Lü, Jiamu Ding, Xiaojuan Xu   +9 more
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Corrigendum: Decrease in Population and Increase in Welfare of Community Cats in a Twenty-Three Year Trap-Neuter-Return Program in Key Largo, FL: The ORCAT Program [PDF]

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2019
Rachael E. Kreisler, Heather N. Cornell, Julie K. Levy   +2 more
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Keeping Cats Safe at Home (KCSAH): Lessons Learned from a Human Behaviour Change Campaign to Reduce the Impacts of Free-Roaming Domestic Cats [PDF]

Animals
Domestic cats are valued companions for many people, but when they free-roam, they can pose risks to biodiversity, communities, and their own welfare. Increasing cat containment has become a priority in Australia, yet shifting owner practices requires ...
Gemma C. Ma, M. Carolyn Gates, Katherine E. Littlewood, Sarah Zito, Brooke P. A. Kennedy   +4 more
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Trap-Neuter-Return: A Study of the Practice in Switzerland

Derecho Animal, 2021
Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) is well-established in many countries and increasingly considered to be the most effective and humane way to manage feral and stray cat populations. Nonetheless, it confronts major challenges everywhere it is practiced.
Elizabeth Umlas
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Cats Are Not Fish: A Ricker Model Fails to Account for Key Aspects of Trap–Neuter–Return Programs

Animals, 2021
In a frequently cited 2005 paper, a Ricker model was used to assess the effectiveness of trap–neuter–return (TNR) programs for managing free-roaming domestic cat populations.
Peter J. Wolf, Rachael E. Kreisler, Julie K. Levy   +2 more
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Coping With Human-Cat Interactions Beyond the Limits of Domesticity: Moral Pluralism in the Management of Cats and Wildlife

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2021
Although human interactions with cats are often even typically analyzed in the context of domesticity, with a focus on what sorts of interactions might make both people and cats “happy at home,” a large number of cats in the world live, for one reason or
Geoffrey Wandesforde-Smith, Julie K. Levy, William Lynn, Jacquie Rand, Jacquie Rand, Sophie Riley, Joan E. Schaffner, Peter Joseph Wolf   +7 more
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The Impact of Targeted Trap–Neuter–Return Efforts in the San Francisco Bay Area

Animals, 2020
Recently, a growing collection of evidence that associates trap–neuter–return (TNR) programs with substantial and sustained reductions in community cat populations across a variety of environments has emerged.
Daniel D. Spehar, Peter J. Wolf
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Rethinking the Animal Shelter's Role in Free-Roaming Cat Management

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2022
Substantial societal investment is made in the management of free-roaming cats by various methods, with goals of such programs commonly including wildlife conservation, public health protection, nuisance abatement, and/or promotion of cat health and ...
Kate F. Hurley, Julie K. Levy
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Back to School: An Updated Evaluation of the Effectiveness of a Long-Term Trap-Neuter-Return Program on a University’s Free-Roaming Cat Population

Animals, 2019
A growing body of evidence indicates that trap-neuter-return (TNR) is not only effective at reducing community cat numbers, but that such reductions are sustainable over extended periods. Recently, a series of peer-reviewed articles documenting long-term
Daniel D. Spehar, Peter J. Wolf
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