Reply to Wolf et al.: Why Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) Is Not an Ethical Solution for Stray Cat Management [PDF]
Animals, 2020 We critique the recent article by Wolf et al. (2019) that claims scientific merit for reducing the number of stray cats in Australia through Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) programs, and then we provide an inventory of biological, welfare, and economic reasons ...
John L. Read +3 more
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Application of a Protocol Based on Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) to Manage Unowned Urban Cats on an Australian University Campus [PDF]
Animals, 2018 In August 2008, the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Sydney, Australia, commenced a trap-neuter-return (TNR) program to manage the population of approximately 69 free-roaming unowned urban cats on its Kensington campus.
Helen Swarbrick, Jacquie Rand
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Evidence for Citation Networks in Studies of Free-Roaming Cats: A Case Study Using Literature on Trap–Neuter–Return (TNR) [PDF]
Animals, 2020 Trap–Neuter–Return and its variants (hereafter TNR) aims to control unowned cat populations. Papers on this topic form a useful case study of how how an area of literature grows, papers become influential, and citation networks form, influencing future ...
Michael C. Calver, Patricia A. Fleming
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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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Evaluation of Population Management Based on Trap–Neuter–Return and Trap–Neuter–Adoption Practices in a Free-Roaming Cat Colony in the Federal District, Brazil [PDF]
AnimalsOverpopulation of domestic animals leads to various problems, such as the formation of feline colonies. Population management methods for these colonies have been studied previously; however, no scientific consensus has been reached. This study evaluated
Ana Nira Nunes Junqueira +1 more
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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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Reply to Crawford et al.: Why Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) Is an Ethical Solution for Stray Cat Management [PDF]
Animals, 2019 The recently published article, ‘A Case of Letting the Cat out of the Bag—Why Trap-Neuter-Return Is Not an Ethical Solution for Stray Cat (Felis catus) Management,’ by Crawford et al. warrants rebuttal.
Peter J. Wolf +4 more
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Cats Are Not Fish: A Ricker Model Fails to Account for Key Aspects of Trap–Neuter–Return Programs
Animals, 2021 In a frequently cited 2005 paper, a Ricker model was used to assess the effectiveness of trap–neuter–return (TNR) programs for managing free-roaming domestic cat populations.
Peter J. Wolf +2 more
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Evaluation of buprenorphine as optimisation of postoperative analgesia in feral cats undergoing ovariohysterectomy under field conditions [PDF]
Journal of Small Animal Practice, Volume 67, Issue 4, Page 335-342, April 2026.Objectives 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.
V. Heitzmann +3 more
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Attitudes towards urban stray cats and managing their population in India: a pilot study [PDF]
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2023 Life in contemporary cities is often dangerous for stray cats, with strikingly low survival rates. In several countries, trap-neuter-return (TNR) programs have been employed to control urban stray cat populations.
Anamika Changrani-Rastogi +1 more
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