A serological survey of feline immunodeficiency virus and Toxoplasma gondii in stray cats.Pedersen B, et al. Risk factors for Toxoplasma gondii infection in pregnancy: results of a prospective case-control study in Norway. Prevalence of feline leukemia virus infection and serum antibodies against feline immun-odeficiency virus in unowned free-roaming cats. A, et al. Prevalence of ectoparasites ...

The home ranges of four male and five female feral house cats (Felis catus) were studied by radiotelemetry. In the narrow, steep-sided valley the home ranges of cats were linear, with an average length of 6.34 km for males and 3.83 km for females; only large males crossed the river. Females with kittens had small home ranges of 0.84 to 2.0 km. Home ranges of animals of the same sex, including b...

Pinpointing and safeguarding the welfare status of domestic cats is problematic, especially in New Zealand where cats are introduced predators with significant impact on indigenous fauna. Usually the identification of welfare status depends on conservational, legal, and public attitudes that are often contrasting. Cats may rapidly transgress definitions placed on them, confounding attempts to c...

Our goal was to determine whether it is more cost-effective to control feral cat abundance with trap-neuter-release programs or trap and euthanize programs. Using STELLA 7, systems modeling software, we modeled changes over 30 years in abundance of cats in a feral colony in response to each management method and the costs and benefits associated with each method . We included costs associated w...

OBJECTIVE To estimate cat population size, management, and outside fecal deposition and evaluate attitudes of cat owners and nonowners to stray animal control, water pollution, and wildlife protection. DESIGN Cross-sectional survey. SAMPLE POPULATION 294 adult residents of Cayucos, Los Osos, and Morro Bay, Calif. PROCEDURES Telephone survey. RESULTS The region's cat population was estim...

In 1995, a county animal control service implemented a feral cat sterilization program with the goal of reducing the number of healthy cats euthanized, complaints, and the county's costs. The service collected data from a 6-year period both before and after the program's implementation. The service totaled the numbers of both cat and dog impoundments, surgeries, adoptions, euthanasias, and comp...

The historical literature suggests that in Australia, the domestic cat (Felis catus) had a European origin [~200 years before present (ybp)], but it is unclear if cats arrived from across the Asian land bridge contemporaneously with the dingo (4000 ybp), or perhaps immigrated ~40000 ybp in association with Aboriginal settlement from Asia. The origin of cats in Australia is important because the...

Endemic species on islands are highly susceptible to local extinction, in particular if they are exposed to invasive species. Invasive predators, such as feral cats, have been introduced to islands around the world, causing major losses in local biodiversity. In order to control and manage invasive species successfully, information about source populations and level of gene flow is essential. H...

Avoidance behaviour can play an important role in structuring ecosystems but can be difficult to uncover and quantify. Remote cameras have great but as yet unrealized potential to uncover patterns arising from predatory, competitive or other interactions that structure animal communities by detecting species that are active at the same sites and recording their behaviours and times of activity....

Various methods have been used to eliminate or control feral cats from selected areas, often islands. These include poisoned baits, biological agents (e.g. feline panleucopaenia), shooting, trapping and exclusion fencing, often applied in combination (e.g. Veitch 1985, 1991; van Rensbury et al. 1987; Coman 1991; Newsome 1991; Bloomer & Bester 1992). These techniques can be labourand area-intens...