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Understanding Australia’s national feral cat control effort

Wildlife Research, 2020
Abstract Context. Feral cats (Felis catus) pose a significant threat to Australia’s native species and feral cat control is, therefore, an important component of threatened species management and policy. Australia’s Threatened Species Strategy articulates defined targets for feral cat control. Yet, currently, little is known about who
Georgia E. Garrard, Alexander M. Kusmanoff, Richard Faulkner, Chathuri L. Samarasekara, Ascelin Gordon, Alice Johnstone, Isaac R. Peterson, Nooshin Torabi, Yan Wang, Sarah A. Bekessy   +9 more
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PROTOZOAN AND VIRAL INFECTIONS OF FERAL CATS

Australian Veterinary Journal, 1981
SUMMARY Identification of protozoan oocysts and serological tests were used to determine the prevalence of infections among 300 mainly adult feral cats in three different habitat types in south‐eastern Australia.Oocysts of Isospora rivolta and Isospora felis were recovered from 3% and 4% respectively of 300 feral cat samples.
B J, Coman, E H, Jones, H A, Westbury
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Feral cat management.

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, 2014
We applaud McCarthy et al for their research addressing a critical issue in feral cat management. We concur that feral and free-roaming cats pose myriad problems for people and the environment. However, we believe that the authors overlooked several important factors when concluding that trap-vasectomy- hysterectomy-release (IVHR) "should be ...
Lepcyzk, Christopher A., Conant, Sheila, Duffy, David, Bird, David M., Calver, Michael, Duval, Fern P., Hutchins, Michael, Lohr, Cheryl A., Loyd, Kerrie Anne, Marra, Peter P., Pitt, William C., Sizemore, Grant, Sprague, Rachel, Temple, Stanley A., van Heezik, Yolanda, Wallace, George   +15 more
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Humane strategies for controlling feral cat populations

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, 2004
Despite theenhanced status of cats as human companions, mil-lions of unwanted cats are admitted to animal shelterseach year and most of these cats are euthanatizedbecause homes cannot be found for them. Debateabout the true impact of free-roaming cats on the envi-ronment, on feline welfare, and as a reservoir of felineand zoonotic diseases is ongoing ...
Julie K, Levy, P Cynda, Crawford
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HELMINTH PARASITES AND ARTHROPODS OF FERAL CATS

Australian Veterinary Journal, 1981
SUMMARY The prevalence (%) of helminth parasites in 327 mainly adult feral cats from 3 habitat groupings in Victoria and New South Wales was determined. The cestodes Taenia taeniaeformis (33%) and Spirometra erinacei (33%) were common; Dipylidium caninum was rare (2%).
B J, Coman, E H, Jones, M A, Driesen
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Relationships Between Cat Lovers and Feral Cats in Rome

Anthrozoös, 1999
ABSTRACTThe aim of this study was to assess the relationships between cat lovers and feral cats in Rome. One hundred and fifty-eight cats from 3 populations were observed for 1108 hours of data collection: some demographic characteristics of the colonies were investigated, together with the behavior of cat lovers (those who fed and cared for the cats).
Eugenia Natoli, Marika Ferrari, Elisabetta Bolletti, Dominique Pontier   +3 more
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Rabies and feral cat colonies in Italy

Veterinary Record, 2010
IN parts of Italy, voluntary carers look after colonies of feral cats living in a semi-wild state and provide them with food and shelter. The relationship they establish with these cats is often quite close since they not only give the cats food but also interact with them socially.
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The welfare of feral cats and wildlife

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, 2004
T are an estimated 60 to 100 million feral and abandoned cats in the United States. By any measure, this is an important welfare issue, and the many bodies of free-roaming cats visible along roadsides across the country are mute testimony to the tragedy of their unhappy lives. Many people of goodwill want to see this situation improved.
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Consider the (Feral) Cat: Ferality, Biopower, and the Ethics of Predation

Society & Animals, 2020
Abstract Cats confound clear distinctions: not least that between the human and natural worlds. As a consequence, they are prime examples of “ferality”: a category of nonhuman subjects who are neither domestic, nor wild, but instead move between those realms.
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Dealing with feral cats: Part 2

Veterinary Nursing Journal, 2009
The feral cat trap-neuter-return (TNR) is a well-proven and successful method of control; but only if applied correctly, with emphasis on getting all aspects of the process right. In the first part of this article (October 2009, Volume 23, Number 10), we looked at the trapping process.
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