The legal status of cats in New Zealand: A perspective on the welfare of companion, stray, and feral domestic cats (Felis catus)

Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 180-188

  Farnworth, Mark J ^a   Dye, Nicholson G ^b   Keown, Natasha ^a  

^a UNITEC INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; CAT; CLASSIFICATION; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; NEW ZEALAND; NOMENCLATURE; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; PET ANIMAL; PREDATOR;

ANIMAL RIGHTS; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, WILD; CATS; NEW ZEALAND;

ANIMALIA; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 77951179353     PISSN: 10888705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10888700903584846     Document Type: Article

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