Part 2: A Sector-Wide Survey of UK/British Isles Shelter Organisations Caring for Cats: Caregiver-Reported Approaches to Assessments, Behaviour Management and Homing Decisions [PDF]
Veterinary SciencesShelter organisations take responsibility for the care, assessment and homing of large numbers of domestic cats from diverse backgrounds. However, not all cats that come under shelter care are suited to close human-cohabitation or to certain types of ...
Lauren R. Finka +6 more
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Part 1: A Sector-Wide Survey of UK/British Isles Shelter Organisations Caring for Cats: Caregiver-Reported Approaches to Housing, Husbandry and General Care Provision [PDF]
Veterinary SciencesMeeting the physiological and psychological needs of shelter cats through appropriate care is critical to reducing stress and disease risk, as well as enabling positive homing outcomes. Shelter organisations across the British Isles provide care for many
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Onset of reproductive capacity in unowned free-roaming cats
Clinical Theriogenology, 2023 Purpose was to investigate if an underlying biological cause exists for the reproductive success in unowned free-roaming (UFR) cats. These cats were presented for surgical sterilization during late summer/early fall. After castration of UFR toms, presence of penile spines was recorded, slides were made from vas deferens secretions for sperm morphology ...
Ellie Bohrer +3 more
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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 ...
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Conservation Science and Practice, 2023 Although the domestic cat Felis catus is implicated in multiple faunal extinctions and threatens many extant species, there is widespread, well‐funded advocacy for desexing unowned cats near human habitation and returning them to site to be fed by ...
Michael C. Calver +8 more
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Cat Ownership Perception and Caretaking Explored in an Internet Survey of People Associated with Cats. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 People who feed cats that they do not perceive they own (sometimes called semi-owners) are thought to make a considerable contribution to unwanted cat numbers because the cats they support are generally not sterilized.
Sarah Zito +4 more
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Domestic Cat Abundance and Activity Across a Residential Land Use Gradient
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Free-ranging domestic cats are a detriment to wildlife and humans by preying on native species and transmitting disease. As a result, removing free-ranging cats from the landscape has become a conservation and public health priority.
Kevin F. P. Bennett +5 more
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Characteristics of cat semi-owners
Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery, 2023 Objectives Unowned ‘stray’ domestic cats threaten wildlife, as well as create a community nuisance and contribute to high rates of euthanasia in animal shelters.
Gemma C Ma +2 more
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A shift towards early-age desexing of cats under veterinary care in Australia
Scientific Reports, 2021 The global problem of unowned domestic cats, driven by their phenomenal reproductive success, carries significant economic, animal welfare and biodiversity costs.
Loic Mazeau +3 more
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Vector-borne and other pathogens of potential relevance disseminated by relocated cats
Parasites & Vectors, 2022 Large populations of unowned cats constitute an animal welfare, ecological, societal and public health issue worldwide. Their relocation and homing are currently carried out in many parts of the world with the intention of relieving suffering and social ...
Ricardo Guillermo Maggi +39 more
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