Sociality in cats: A comparative review

JWS Bradshaw - Journal of veterinary behavior, 2016 - Elsevier
The domestic cat is the only member of the Felidae to form social relationships with humans,
and also, the only small felid to form intraspecific social groups when free ranging. The latter …

A review of feral cat control

SA Robertson - Journal of feline medicine and surgery, 2008 - journals.sagepub.com
Animal overpopulation including feral cats is an important global problem. There are many
stakeholders involved in the feral cat debate over 'what to do about the problem', including …

Reduction of free-roaming cat population requires high-intensity neutering in spatial contiguity to mitigate compensatory effects

I Gunther, H Hawlena, L Azriel… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
When free-roaming in natural areas, the domestic cat (Felis silvestris catus) is ranked high
among the most destructive alien species. Near human dwellings, it might pose a risk to …

[PDF][PDF] Humane strategies for controlling feral cat populations

JK Levy, PC Crawford - Journal of the American Veterinary Medical …, 2004 - academia.edu
Julie K. Levy, DVM, PhD, DACVIM, and P. Cynda Crawford, DVM, PhD a young age,
enormous effort is often required to tame older feral cats. The lines between loosely owned …

Decrease in population and increase in welfare of community cats in a twenty-three year trap-neuter-return program in Key Largo, FL: The ORCAT program

RE Kreisler, HN Cornell, JK Levy - Frontiers in veterinary science, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of a long-term (23-year) trap-neuter-
return program on the population size of community cats in the Ocean Reef Community and …

Survival, fecundity, and movements of free‐roaming cats

PM Schmidt, RR Lopez… - The Journal of wildlife …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Free‐roaming cats (eg, owned, semi‐feral, and feral) impact wildlife worldwide through
predation, competition, and disease transmission. Baseline ecological information …

Micromechanical characterizations and viscoelastic modeling reveal elastic and viscoelastic heterogeneities in ovarian tissue and the significant viscoelastic …

S Stewart, W Ou, H Aranda-Espinoza, SO Rahaman… - Acta Biomaterialia, 2023 - Elsevier
Ovarian follicles develop in a highly regulated mechanical microenvironment and
disruptions to the microenvironment may cause infertility. However, the viscoelastic …

Genetics of randomly bred cats support the cradle of cat domestication being in the Near East

SM Nilson, B Gandolfi, RA Grahn, JD Kurushima… - Heredity, 2022 - nature.com
Cat domestication likely initiated as a symbiotic relationship between wildcats (Felis
silvestris subspecies) and the peoples of developing agrarian societies in the Fertile …

[HTML][HTML] A long-term lens: Cumulative impacts of free-roaming cat management strategy and intensity on preventable cat mortalities

JD Boone, PS Miller, JR Briggs, VAW Benka… - Frontiers in Veterinary …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
This study used a previously developed stochastic simulation model (Miller et al. 2014) to
estimate the impact of different management actions on free-roaming kitten and cat mortality …

Estimation of effectiveness of three methods of feral cat population control by use of a simulation model

RJ McCarthy, SH Levine… - Journal of the American …, 2013 - Am Vet Med Assoc
Objective—To predict effectiveness of 3 interventional methods of population control for feral
cat colonies. Design—Population model. Sample—Estimates of vital data for feral cats …