• DOI:10.1071/WR08018
Corpus ID: 62545

Evaluation of euthanasia and trap–neuter–return (TNR) programs in managing free-roaming cat populations

@article{Schmidt2009EvaluationOE,
  title={Evaluation of euthanasia and trap–neuter–return (TNR) programs in managing free-roaming cat populations},
  author={P. M. Schmidt and T. M. Swannack and R. Lopez and M. Slater},
  journal={Wildlife Research},
  year={2009},
  volume={36},
  pages={117-125}
}

P. M. Schmidt, T. M. Swannack, +1 author M. Slater

Published 2009

Biology

Wildlife Research

Global estimates of the number of domestic cats (Felis catus) are >400 million. Issues associated with free-roaming cats are of global importance because of animal-welfare and public-health concerns and impacts on native wildlife through predation, competition and disease transmission. In the United States, proposed control solutions for managing urban free-roaming cat populations include euthanasia and trap–neuter–return (TNR) programs. We evaluated control methods using a demographic… CONTINUE READING

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