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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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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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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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Visual classification of feral cat Felis silvestris catus vocalizations. [PDF]
Curr Zool, 2017 Cat vocal behavior, in particular, the vocal and social behavior of feral cats, is poorly understood, as are the differences between feral and fully domestic cats.
Owens JL +5 more
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, 2019 Feral cat management is a highly debated topic. Trap, Neuter, and Return (TNR) programs have become increasingly popular as an alternative to eradication.
Wilken, Rachel Lm
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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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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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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 ...
Dep Gezondheidszorg Landbouwhuisdieren +8 more
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Animals, 2022 One of the most successful predators on island ecosystems is the domestic cat, which is considered responsible for the decline of numerous species’ populations. This can be estimated by the analysis of cats’ dietary habits, yet prey identification is not
Yiannis G. Zevgolis +5 more
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