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Popular press portrayal of issues surrounding free‐roaming domestic cats Felis catus
People and Nature, 2022 Domestic cats Felis catus have a complex and contentious history. They fill multiple societal roles (e.g. as pest controllers and companion animals), which has led to a variety of animal welfare, conservation, and human health concerns.
Elizabeth A. Gow +13 more
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Cape Town's cats: reassessing predation through kitty-cams [PDF]
, 2014 Includes bibliographical references.Domestic cats (Felis catus) are abundant generalist predators that exploit a wide range of prey within and adjacent to the urban matrix.
Morling, Frances
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Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery Open Reports, 2021 Objectives The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of internal parasites in feral and free-roaming owned cats in the region of Portland, Oregon, USA.
Greg T Bishop, Emilio DeBess
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Pathogens, 2021 Free-roaming dogs and cats represent potential reservoirs for zoonotic vector-borne pathogens shedding to the human population. Given the health impact of these pathogens, we searched free-roaming dogs and cats included in an animal population control ...
João R. Mesquita +9 more
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Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2019 In NSW, free-roaming cats are regarded as one the biggest threats to biodiversity. Yet, at one stage they were classified as “the enemy of the rabbit” and were protected and released in their thousands.
Sophie Riley
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Domestic carnivore interactions with wildlife in the Cape Horn Biosphere Reserve, Chile: husbandry and perceptions of impact from a community perspective [PDF]
PeerJ, 2018 Background Hundreds of millions of domestic carnivores worldwide have diverse positive affiliations with humans, but can provoke serious socio-ecological impacts when free-roaming.
Elke Schüttler +2 more
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Population dynamics and management of free-roaming cats [PDF]
, 2006 With an estimated 400 million domestic cats worldwide, free-roaming cats issues are of global importance due to animal welfare and public health concerns, as well as impacts on native wildlife through predation, competition and disease transmission ...
Hill, Paige McGee
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Population Density of Free-Roaming Cats in Relation to Feeding Stations on Hayden Island [PDF]
, 2021 Free-roaming cats have a devastating impact on wildlife populations with stray/feral cats being the most problematic. In some areas, community members provide these cats with food, water, and shelter often in conjunction with a trap, neuter, return (TNR)
Starry, Olyssa +2 more
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An Examination of an Iconic Trap-Neuter-Return Program: The Newburyport, Massachusetts Case Study
Animals, 2017 The use of trap-neuter-return (TNR) as a humane alternative to the lethal management of free-roaming cats has been on the rise for several decades in the United States; however a relative paucity of data from TNR programs exists. An iconic community-wide
Daniel D. Spehar, Peter J. Wolf
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Spatial and temporal overlap of domestic cats (Felis catus) and native urban wildlife
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022 Free-roaming domestic cats (Felis catus) are known to pose threats to ecosystem health via transmission of zoonotic diseases and predation of native wildlife.
Daniel J. Herrera +10 more
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