Managing feral cats on a university's campuses: How many are there and is sterilization having an effect?

Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 304-320

  Jones, Amanda L ^a   Downs, Colleen T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAT; COLLEGE; CONTRACEPTION; DENSITY; FERTILITY; FUNDING; IMMIGRATION; MARK RECAPTURE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SOUTH AFRICA; SURVIVAL RATE; URBAN AREA;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CATS; DEMOGRAPHY; POPULATION CONTROL; POPULATION DENSITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOUTH AFRICA; STERILIZATION, REPRODUCTIVE; UNIVERSITIES;

FELIS CATUS;

EID: 80052972613     PISSN: 10888705     EISSN: 15327604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10888705.2011.600186     Document Type: Article

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