The contribution of cat owners' attitudes and behaviours to the free-roaming cat overpopulation in Tel Aviv, Israel

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 104, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 125-135

  Finkler, Hilit ^a   Terkel, Joseph ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cat owners; Free roaming cats; Overpopulation; Questionnaire; Socio economic factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CASTRATION; CAT; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; QUESTIONNAIRE; URBAN POPULATION; WILD ANIMAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CASTRATION; CATS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OWNERSHIP; POPULATION CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRES; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84856800998     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2011.11.006     Document Type: Article

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