Rapid recolonisation of feral cats following intensive culling in a semi-isolated context [PDF]
NeoBiota, 2020 Invasive feral cats threaten biodiversity at a global scale. Mitigating feral cat impacts and reducing their populations has therefore become a global conservation priority, especially on islands housing high endemic biodiversity.
Pauline Palmas +7 more
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Patterns of detection and capture are associated with cohabiting predators and prey. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 Avoidance behaviour can play an important role in structuring ecosystems but can be difficult to uncover and quantify. Remote cameras have great but as yet unrealized potential to uncover patterns arising from predatory, competitive or other interactions
Billie T Lazenby, Christopher R Dickman
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Study of the effect on shelter cat intakes and euthanasia from a shelter neuter return project of 10,080 cats from March 2010 to June 2014 [PDF]
PeerJ, 2014 Cat impoundments were increasing at the municipal San Jose animal shelter in 2009, despite long-term successful low cost sterilization programs and attempts to lower the euthanasia rate of treatable-rehabilitatable impounds beginning in 2008.
Karen L. Johnson, Jon Cicirelli
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Animals, 2023 In urban and peri-urban areas of the world, free-roaming cats often pose management challenges for authorities. Most are wandering owned or semi-owned cats (fed by people who do not perceive ownership).
Rebekah Scotney +4 more
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Opinions from the front lines of cat colony management conflict. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 Outdoor cats represent a global threat to terrestrial vertebrate conservation, but management has been rife with conflict due to differences in views of the problem and appropriate responses to it.
M Nils Peterson +4 more
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Estimation of the dietary nutrient profile of free-roaming feral cats: possible implications for nutrition of domestic cats [PDF]
, 2011 Cats are strict carnivores and in the wild rely on a diet solely based on animal tissues to meet their specific and unique nutritional requirements. Although the feeding ecology of cats in the wild has been well documented in the literature, there is no ...
Bosch, G. +2 more
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Survey of vector-borne agents in feral cats and first report of Babesia gibsoni in cats on St Kitts, West Indies [PDF]
, 2017 Background: As there is little data on vector-borne diseases of cats in the Caribbean region and even around the world, we tested feral cats from St Kitts by PCR to detect infections with Babesia, Ehrlichia and spotted fever group Rickettsia (SFGR) and
Branford, Gillian Carmichael +8 more
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Animals, 2021 Movements that extend beyond the usual space use of an animal have been documented in a range of species and are particularly prevalent in arid areas.
Jeroen Jansen +9 more
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Comparison of predation by two suburban cats in New Zealand [PDF]
, 2017 To study the effects domestic cats may have on surrounding wildlife, a complete list was made of 558 items caught in the garden or brought into the house by one cat over 17 years, from 1988 to 2005.
Flux, John E.C.
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Community perceptions of free-roaming dogs and management practices in villages at the periphery of a protected area in Bhutan [PDF]
, 2020 In Bhutan, free-roamingdogs pose health hazards to human, livestock, andwildlife. Understanding the perceptions and practices of local communitiesregarding free-roaming dogs is important to mitigate negative impacts. A community-based study was conducted
De Garine-Wichatitsky, Michel +4 more
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