[HTML][HTML] Change the humans first: Principles for improving the management of free-roaming cats

LJ McLeod, DW Hine, AB Driver - Animals, 2019 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary For free-roaming cat management to be effective, people—including land
managers, conservationists, cat lovers and the general public—need to be sufficiently …

[HTML][HTML] Inequitable flow of animals in and out of shelters: comparison of community-level vulnerability for owner-surrendered and subsequently adopted animals

LH Ly, E Gordon, A Protopopova - Frontiers in veterinary science, 2021 - frontiersin.org
There is increasing awareness among animal shelter professionals regarding the role of
shelters in perpetuating inequities in pet ownership, although the relationship between …

Key beliefs underlying public feeding of free-roaming cats in Malaysia and management suggestions

G Davey, MM Khor, X Zhao - Human Dimensions of Wildlife, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Public feeding of free-roaming cats subsidizes their population growth, and has
consequences in highly interconnected ecosystems including predation of native wildlife …

[HTML][HTML] Attitudes towards urban stray cats and managing their population in India: a pilot study

A Changrani-Rastogi, N Thakur - Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2023 - frontiersin.org
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Community attitudes reflect reporting rates and prevalence of animal mistreatment

C Glanville, J Ford, R Cook… - Frontiers in Veterinary …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Community attitudes toward the treatment of animals are important to understand for the
development of intervention programs to prevent mistreatment. We aimed to investigate …

Free-Roaming Cat (Felis Catus) Management and Welfare Policies in Two University Campuses in Beirut, Lebanon: Strengths, Weaknesses, and Opportunities

G Davey, X Zhao - Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Little information has been reported about the welfare and management of free-roaming
animals in Middle Eastern countries. Here we describe a case study of free-roaming cat …

Heterogeneity in beliefs about feeding stray animals: the complexity of human–animal interaction

G Davey, X Zhao, MM Khor - Human Dimensions of Wildlife, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
People's beliefs about feeding stray cats require investigation. Previous studies were based
on assumptions about sample homogeneity, potentially obscuring within-group and …

Addressing Barriers to Action: Increasing Cat Guardians' Compliance with Professional Environmental Enrichment Advice

E van Leeuwen, E ter Mors - Anthrozoös, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Guardians of domestic cats may seek advice from a veterinarian or professional cat behavior
advisor to address problematic cat behaviors. This advice typically involves a degree of …

An accessible scheme for monitoring free‐roaming cat population trends

I Gunther, L Azriel, H Wolf, T Raz… - Ecology and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Free‐roaming cats (FRCs) form nondomiciliary population groups that might lead to adverse
environmental effects, as well as to welfare impairment of the cats themselves. Though …

How cat-behavior advisors can improve clients' willingness to adopt their advice: An investigation of advice severity, advisor credibility, and clients' self-identity

E van Leeuwen, E Ter Mors… - Journal of Applied Animal …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Feline behavioral problems can be treated successfully by good advice from cat-behavior
advisors, but guardians often do not comply with their advice. An experimental survey under …