Wandering cats: Attitudes and behaviors towards cat containment in Australia

Anthrozoos

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 61-74

  Toukhsati, Samia R ^a   Young, Emily ^b   Bennett, Pauleen C ^c   Coleman, Grahame J ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cat; Containment; Enrichment; Nuisance; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FELID; INJURY; OWNERSHIP; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; RESIDENT POPULATION; SAMPLING; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84856196259     PISSN: 08927936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2752/175303712X13240472427195     Document Type: Article

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