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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, 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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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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Changes in Cat Facial Morphology Are Related to Interaction with Humans
Animals, 2022 We aimed to clarify the changes in facial morphology of cats in relation to their interactions with humans. In Study 1, we compared the facial morphology of cats (feral mixed breed, owned domestic mixed breed, and owned domestic purebreds) with that of ...
Madoka Hattori +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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A Review of Feral Cat Eradication on Islands [PDF]
Conservation Biology, 2004 Abstract: Feral cats are directly responsible for a large percentage of global extinctions, particularly on islands. We reviewed feral cat eradication programs with the intent of providing information for future island conservation actions.
Nogales, Manuel +7 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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Observer differences in individual identification of feral cats from camera trap images
, 2022 Feral cats are a key threat to many Australian native fauna, with camera traps increasingly used to identify individuals for evaluation of management actions. However, observer bias and camera trap settings can affect individual identification rates.
Sparkes, Jessica, Fleming, Peter J. S.
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Is the Colonisation of Staphylococcus aureus in Pets Associated with Their Close Contact with Owners? [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 In human beings and animals, staphylococci constitute part of the normal microbial population. Staphylococcus aureus could be classified as an opportunistic pathogen because the bacteria are noted in clinically healthy individuals, but when the immune ...
Karolina Bierowiec +2 more
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Hookworms of feral cats in Florida
Veterinary Parasitology, 2003 Thirty feral cats (Felis catus) from Alachua county (northern Florida) and 30 from Palm Beach county (southern Florida) were examined for hookworms. Two species, Ancylostoma tubaeforme and Ancylostoma braziliense, were identified. Forty-five cats (75%) were infected with A. tubaeforme, with a mean intensity of 48 hookworms per cat.
Department of Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, PO Box 110880, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA ( host institution ) +3 more
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