Assessment of a Targeted Trap-Neuter-Return Pilot Study in Auckland, New Zealand [PDF]
Animals, 2018 There is a need for effective and humane management tools to manage urban stray cats and minimise negative impacts associated with stray cats. One such tool is targeted trap-neuter-return (TTNR), but no concerted implementation of this technique or formal assessments have been reported.
Sarah Zito +2 more
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Trap-Neuter-Return: A Study of the Practice in Switzerland
Derecho Animal, 2021 Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) is well-established in many countries and increasingly considered to be the most effective and humane way to manage feral and stray cat populations. Nonetheless, it confronts major challenges everywhere it is practiced.
Elizabeth Umlas
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Cat abandonment and adoption associated with socioeconomic, veterinary, and trap–neuter–return factors in the Republic of Korea [PDF]
PeerJBackground Cat abandonment is a major global animal welfare and public health issue. Millions of cats entering shelters every year and many never reclaimed or adopted.
HyungChul Rah
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Four Years of Promising Trap–Neuter–Return (TNR) in Córdoba, Spain: A Scalable Model for Urban Feline Management [PDF]
AnimalsUrban free-roaming cat populations (or community cats, according to the Spanish legislation) present complex challenges, including public health risks, coexistence conflicts with residents, animal welfare, and threats to biodiversity conservation.
Octavio P. Luzardo +4 more
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Prospective Investigation of Feline Leukemia Virus Infection in Stray Cats Subjected to a Trap–Neuter–Return Program in Switzerland [PDF]
VirusesFeline leukemia virus (FeLV) remains a serious concern in some countries despite advances in diagnostics and vaccines. FeLV-infected cats often have reduced lifespans due to FeLV-associated diseases.
Marina L. Meli +3 more
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Evaluation of buprenorphine as optimisation of postoperative analgesia in feral cats undergoing ovariohysterectomy under field conditions. [PDF]
J Small Anim PractObjectives The objective of this prospective, randomised, blinded, observational clinical study was to investigate the effect of subcutaneously administered buprenorphine on postoperative pain in female feral cats undergoing ovariohysterectomy as part of a trap‐neuter‐return programme.
Heitzmann V +3 more
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Integrating Trap-Neuter-Return Campaigns Into a Social Framework: Developing Long-Term Positive Behavior Change Toward Unowned Cats in Urban Areas [PDF]
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2018 Cat management is often discussed in terms of population reduction, with trap-neuter-return (TNR) campaigns commonly organized to manage unowned urban cat populations.
Jennifer L. McDonald +3 more
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Applied Sciences, 2021 Trap-neuter-return (TNR) has become an effective solution to reduce the prevalence of stray animals. Due to the non-culling policy for stray cats and dogs since 2017, there is a great demand for the sterilization of cats and dogs in Taiwan.
Yi-Cheng Huang +2 more
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A renewed call for conservation leadership 10 years further in the feral cat Trap‐Neuter‐Return debate and new opportunities for constructive dialogue [PDF]
Conservation Science and Practice, 2022 It has been 10 years since a seminal paper in the journal Conservation Biology called for stronger leadership from the conservation community in countering the growing inappropriate use of Trap‐Neuter‐Return (TNR) as a method to control feral cat, Felis ...
Adolphe O. Debrot +5 more
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Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2019 For decades, animal shelters in the U.S. have sought to reduce the number of cats that are impounded and euthanized. Since the 1990s, low-cost sterilization campaigns aimed at owned cats have achieved varying levels of success in meeting these objectives.
Daniel D. Spehar, Peter J. Wolf
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