RT Article
T1 Cat Demographics & Impact on Wildlife in the USA, the UK, Australia and New Zealand: Facts and Values
JF Journal of applied animal ethics research
VO 2
IS 1
SP 7
OP 37
A1 Rowan, Andrew N.
A1 Kartal, Tamara
A1 Hadidian, John
LA English
PB Brill
YR 2020
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1835757197
AB The estimated populations of domestic cats in the USA, whether pets, stray or feral, vary widely and have changed significantly over the past forty to fifty years. Accurate estimates of these populations are necessary to determine appropriate policy responses to calls to control domestic cats and to determine the impact of domestic cats on wildlife populations. Domestic cat predation on wild animals is being hotly debated in Australia, New Zealand and the USA (but much less so in the UK). The paper explores some of the different policy approaches being promoted in each country and examines the status of cats in each country. For example, although there is strong movement to control cat predation in New Zealand, the country also has the highest relative (to humans) population of pet cats in the world, despite the vulnerability of native animals to predation by introduced carnivores.
K1 cat predation and wildlife
K1 Conservation
K1 domestic cat demographics
DO 10.1163/25889567-12340013