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Identifying people’s most preferred management technique for feral cats in Hawaii

open access: yesHuman-Wildlife Interactions, 2017
Feral cats (Felis catus) are abundant in many parts of the world and pose a threat to native wildlife. Human–wildlife conflicts regarding how feral cats should be managed have increased recently.
Cheryl A. Lohr   +2 more
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Gastrointestinal parasites of feral cats from Christmas Island [PDF]

open access: yesAustralian Veterinary Journal, 2008
Objective  To investigate the gastrointestinal parasites present in feral cats on Christmas Island, with particular interest in the protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii.Procedure  Faecal and serum samples were collected from 28 and 25 cats respectively that were trapped as part of an ongoing eradication program being run on Christmas Island by the ...
Adams, P.J.   +3 more
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Influences of roaming domestic cats on wildlife activity in patchy urban environments

open access: yesFrontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2023
Roaming domestic cats (Felis catus) are recognised as a threat to wildlife globally. Yet management of pet cats in urbanised areas is not regularly mandated, and management of feral cats in urbanised areas is rarely implemented.
Loren L. Fardell   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Feral cats and people’s health: a review of literature and a case study

open access: yesPayesh, 2013
Objective (s): The control of feral cat overpopulation is an important problem in many countries. The objectives of present study were to identify experiences of other countries, to identify urban ecosystem on animals (mice and feral cats), to understand
Jila Sadighi   +3 more
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Space use and interactions of two introduced mesopredators, European red fox and feral cat, in an arid landscape

open access: yesEcosphere, 2021
Introduced mammalian predators are drivers of species decline and extinction globally. The successful management and control of introduced mammalian predators is dependent on some knowledge of space use and movements in order to target a population and ...
David A. Roshier, Andrew Carter
doaj   +1 more source

First report of in a feral domestic shorthair cat in North America

open access: yesJournal of Feline Medicine and Surgery Open Reports, 2015
Case summary A feral domestic shorthair cat was euthanized owing to acute onset and progression of neurological signs attributed to ethylene glycol toxicity.
Nicholas A Crossland   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Practical Physical and Behavioral Measures to Assess the Socialization Spectrum of Cats in a Shelter-Like Setting during a Three Day Period

open access: yesAnimals, 2013
Animal welfare organizations routinely accept large numbers of cats with unknown histories, and whose backgrounds vary from well-socialized pets to cats that have had little or no contact with humans. Agencies are challenged with making the determination
Margaret Slater   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Multistate matrix population model to assess the contributions and impacts on population abundance of domestic cats in urban areas including owned cats, unowned cats, and cats in shelters.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2018
Concerns over cat homelessness, over-taxed animal shelters, public health risks, and environmental impacts has raised attention on urban-cat populations.
D T Tyler Flockhart, Jason B Coe
doaj   +1 more source

An Evaluation of Systematic Versus Strategically-Placed Camera Traps for Monitoring Feral Cats in New Zealand

open access: yesAnimals, 2019
We deploy camera traps to monitor feral cat (Felis catus) populations at two pastoral sites in Hawke’s Bay, North Island, New Zealand. At Site 1, cameras are deployed at pre-determined GPS points on a 500-m grid, and at Site 2, cameras are ...
Margaret Nichols   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

How Effective and Humane is Trap-Neuter-Release (TNR) for Feral Cats?

open access: yesEDIS, 2020
As the number of feral cats continues to increase, land managers, public health officials, and private citizens are voicing concerns about how to address the nuisance and public health impacts, as well as animal welfare concerns, that feral cats create.
Mark Hostetler   +4 more
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