Solutions-Based Approach to Urban Cat Management-Case Studies of a One Welfare Approach to Urban Cat Management. [PDF]
Animals (Basel), 2023 Urban free-roaming cats create concern about their impacts on wildlife and human health, leading to the use of trap–adopt–kill methods to manage these populations.
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Rethinking Urban Cat Management-Limitations and Unintended Consequences of Traditional Cat Management. [PDF]
Animals (Basel)Traditional methods for managing free-roaming cats in Australia primarily depend on legislation and enforcement to achieve compliance. State laws and local regulations mandate confinement, sterilization, registration, and identification and limit the ...
Cotterell J, Rand J, Scotney R.
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Urban Cat Management in Australia-Evidence-Based Strategies for Success. [PDF]
Animals (Basel)Urban free-roaming cats present challenges like noise, urination, defecation, property damage, public health risks, and wildlife predation. Traditional enforcement methods, such as containment laws and impounding, are ineffective, especially in low ...
Cotterell J, Rand J, Scotney R.
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Problematic cats in urban reserves: Implications for native biodiversity and urban cat management
Global Ecology and ConservationPredation by domestic cats (Felis catus) contributes to the extinction and decline of native species worldwide. Managing these cats is challenging in urban environments because they are valued as companion animals.
Sze Wing Yiu +2 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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Attitudes towards urban stray cats and managing their population in India: a pilot study
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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PLoS ONE, 2012 Urban domestic cat (Felis catus) populations can attain exceedingly high densities and are not limited by natural prey availability. This has generated concerns that they may negatively affect prey populations, leading to calls for management.
Rebecca L Thomas +2 more
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Evaluation of Unowned Domestic Cat Management in the Urban Environment of Rome After 30 Years of Implementation of the No-Kill Policy (National and Regional Laws) [PDF]
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2019 Law no. 281, enacted by the Italian Parliament in 1991, was the first that aimed at managing urban free-roaming cats living in colonies, without killing and/or moving them from their site. It had been anticipated by the Lazio Regional Law no. 63/1988 and
Eugenia Natoli +7 more
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Territorially Stratified Modeling for Sustainable Management of Free-Roaming Cat Populations in Spain: A National Approach to Urban and Rural Environmental Planning. [PDF]
Animals (Basel)This study presents the scientific and methodological foundation of Spain’s first national framework for the ethical management of community cat populations: the Action Plan for the Management of Community Cat Colonies (PACF), launched in 2025 under the mandate of Law 7/2023.
Luzardo OP +3 more
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Animals, 2022 Globally, unowned urban cats are a major concern because they may suffer from poor welfare and cause problems, including public health risks, nuisances, and urban wildlife predation.
Michael C. Calver +6 more
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