The Wildcat That Lives in Me: A Review on Free-Roaming Cats (Felis catus) in Brazil, Focusing on Research Priorities, Management, and Their Impacts on Cat Welfare [PDF]
AnimalsDomestic cats (Felis catus) currently occupy the 38th place in the Global Invasive Species Database. Free-roaming cats potentially have broad-ranging impacts on wildlife, occupying most terrestrial environments globally as house pets, strays, or feral ...
Luana S. Gonçalves +7 more
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Gastrointestinal helminths infection of free‐roaming cats (Felis catus) in Southeast Iran [PDF]
Veterinary Medicine and ScienceBackground Cats in Iran are definitive hosts for several zoonotic intestinal helminths, such as Toxocara cati, Dipylidium caninum, Toxascaris leonina, Physaloptera praeputialis and Diplopylidium nolleri.
Saeid Reza Nourollahi Fard +5 more
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Social Perceptions and Attitudes Towards Free-Roaming Cats and Dogs in Portugal: An Exploratory Study [PDF]
AnimalsFree-roaming cats and dogs impact biodiversity, public health, and the welfare of other animals. Attitudes towards free-roaming animals can influence their population dynamics and management success.
Alexandre Azevedo +7 more
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Prevalence of infection in healthy free-roaming cats in north-central Oklahoma and central Iowa [PDF]
Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery Open Reports, 2016 Case summary Cytauxzoonosis is a tick-borne disease of cats, and Oklahoma (OK), USA, is considered an enzootic state. To determine the prevalence of Cytauxzoon felis , blood was collected from free-roaming cats, as they are frequently exposed to tick ...
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Discounting multiple benefits of cat containment by reframing them as trade-offs: Response to Glanville et al. (2025) [PDF]
Animal WelfareDomestic cats (Felis catus) are favoured companion animals, but also highly effective predators that have caused substantial declines and extinctions of native fauna in many places where they have been introduced. In Australia, free-roaming pet cats kill
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Rethinking the Animal Shelter's Role in Free-Roaming Cat Management
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2022 Substantial societal investment is made in the management of free-roaming cats by various methods, with goals of such programs commonly including wildlife conservation, public health protection, nuisance abatement, and/or promotion of cat health and ...
Kate F. Hurley, Julie K. Levy
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Change the Humans First: Principles for Improving the Management of Free-Roaming Cats. [PDF]
Animals (Basel), 2019 In Australia, free-roaming cats can be found in urban and rural areas across the country. They are inherently difficult to manage but it is frequently human behaviour that demands the most attention and is in most need of change. To the frustration of policy makers and practitioners, scientific knowledge, technological developments, and legal and ...
McLeod LJ, Hine DW, Driver AB.
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StrayCare Metro: Evaluation of a Targeted Cat Desexing Program to Manage Free-Roaming Cats. [PDF]
Animals (Basel)Background: Free-roaming cats in Australian cities contribute to wildlife impacts, community concerns, and high shelter intake. We used an observational pre–post evaluation study design of a targeted cat desexing program (“StrayCare Metro”) delivered with councils and community partners in four local government areas (LGAs) of Greater Sydney (2022–2024)
Ma GC, Zito S, Kennedy BPA.
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Outdoor roaming of owned cats elevates risk of zoonotic pathogen exposure: A global synthesis. [PDF]
PLoS PathogensDomestic animals play a central role in pathogen transmission at the human-wildlife interface. Domestic cats, in particular, are uniquely consequential in disease spillover dynamics due to their global distribution, large, human-subsidized free-roaming ...
Amy G Wilson +3 more
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Population ecology of free-roaming cats and interference competition by coyotes in urban parks. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 Free-roaming cats are a common element of urban landscapes worldwide, often causing controversy regarding their impacts on ecological systems and public health.
Stanley D Gehrt +3 more
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