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Research challenges and conservation implications for urban cat management in New Zealand [PDF]

Pacific Conservation Biology, 2016
Over the past 20 years, conservation efforts in New Zealand have moved from being concentrated in rural and isolated island locations, where exotic mammalian predators are often controlled, to begin to bring native fauna back to major cities. However, human–wildlife conflicts arise when conservation occurs in close proximity to cities.
Kikillus, KH, Chambers, GK, Farnworth, MJ, Hare, KM   +3 more
openaire   +4 more sources

The Impact of Lethal, Enforcement-Centred Cat Management on Human Wellbeing: Exploring Lived Experiences of Cat Carers Affected by Cat Culling at the Port of Newcastle

Animals, 2023
In urban and peri-urban areas of the world, free-roaming cats often pose management challenges for authorities. Most are wandering owned or semi-owned cats (fed by people who do not perceive ownership).
Rebekah Scotney, Jacquie Rand, Vanessa Rohlf, Andrea Hayward, Pauleen Bennett   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Reply to Crawford et al.: Why Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) Is an Ethical Solution for Stray Cat Management

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, Jacquie Rand, Helen Swarbrick, Daniel D. Spehar, Jade Norris   +4 more
doaj   +4 more sources

Cat Colony Caretakers' Perceptions of Support and Opposition to TNR

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2019
Trap, neuter and return (TNR) is a non-lethal approach to urban cat management used effectively internationally to decrease urban cat numbers, but deemed illegal in Australia.
Jacquie Rand, Jacquie Rand, Andrea Hayward, Kuan Tan   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources

PCR detection of <i>Toxoplasma gondii</i> DNA in fecal samples from stray cats in Bangkok Metropolitan, Thailand. [PDF]

Food Waterborne Parasitol
Toxoplasma gondii is a globally important zoonotic parasite, with domestic cats serving as the definitive host by shedding oocysts into the environment, where they undergo sporulation, a process that increases the resistance of the oocyst wall and ...
Kengradomkij C, Chimnoi W, Kamyingkird K, Hehl AB, Inpankaew T.   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Ethical and socio-cultural perspectives on free-roaming cat care: The role of the Universitas Indonesia Peduli Hewan (UIPH) community in urban environmental management

Journal of Character and Environment
Background: The concept of sustainability can be applied to the management of free-roaming cat populations by humans in their environment. An increasing and uncontrolled free-roaming cat population can create problems for humans, the environment and the cats themselves.
Dela Almira Aryanti, Sandra Turmudi Wijaya   +1 more
core   +4 more sources

Public Attitudes towards and Management Strategies for Community Cats in Urban China

Animals
Managing community cats in urban China is a contentious and emerging issue, with debates centering on the most effective and humane approaches. This study aimed to investigate public attitudes towards community cats and various management strategies.
Xuan Gu, Di Wu, Zilin Zhang, Guo Peng, Anru Ni, Bo Wang, Xiufan Xiong, Yujie Liu, Li Wang   +8 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Conducting community-led research using trail cameras to develop baseline wandering domestic cat local abundance estimates

FACETS
Assessing cat local abundance provides information on where wandering cat numbers are highest and what habitats or factors are associated with wandering cats.
Elizabeth A. Gow, Ben Aubrey, Lydia Cossar, Carter Mazerolle, Edward Cheskey   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Seasonal habitat selection and ranging of domestic cats (Felis catus) in rural and urban environments

Animal Biotelemetry
Domestic cats (Felis catus) thrive at high densities alongside humans in urban and rural environments and are responsible for excessive wildlife predation worldwide.
Carolyn E. Dunford, Sophie Loca, Nikki J. Marks, Michael Scantlebury   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Four Years of Promising Trap–Neuter–Return (TNR) in Córdoba, Spain: A Scalable Model for Urban Feline Management

Animals
Urban 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, Mercedes Vara-Rascón, Agnès Dufau, Emma Infante, María del Mar Travieso-Aja   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources