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ArticleAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI2018

Assessment of a Targeted Trap-Neuter-Return Pilot Study in Auckland, New Zealand.

Sarah Zito, Glenn Aguilar, Shalsee Vigeant, Arnja Dale

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Article in Animals : an open access journal from MDPI, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors.

Sarah ZitoAnimal Welfare Science and Education Department, Royal New Zealand Society for the Prevention of Animal Cruelty, 3047 Great North Road, New Lynn, Auckland 0640, New Zealand. sarah.zito@spca.nz.
Glenn AguilarEnvironmental and Animal Sciences, Unitec Institute of Technology, Carrington Road, Auckland 1026, New Zealand. gaguilar@unitec.ac.nz.ORCID 0000-0003-4452-3252
Shalsee VigeantRoyal New Zealand Society for the Prevention of Animal Cruelty, Auckland Shelter, 50 Westney Rd, Mangere, Auckland 2022, New Zealand. shalsee.vigeant@spca.org.nz.
Arnja DaleAnimal Welfare Science and Education Department, Royal New Zealand Society for the Prevention of Animal Cruelty, 3047 Great North Road, New Lynn, Auckland 0640, New Zealand. arnja.dale@spca.nz.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

There is a need for effective and humane management tools to manage urban stray cats and minimise negative impacts associated with stray cats. One such tool is targeted trap-neuter-return (TTNR), but no concerted implementation of this technique or formal assessments have been reported. To address this deficit, a TTNR programme was implemented and assessed in one Auckland suburb from May 2015 to June 2016; the programme sterilised and returned 348 cats (4.2 cats/1000 residents). Assessment was based on the number of incoming felines; stray, unsocialised cats euthanased; unsocialised, unowned cats sterilised and returned (independently of the TTNR programme); and neonatal/underage euthanasias. Incoming stray felines, underage euthanasias, and unsocialised stray cat euthanasias were all reduced for the targeted suburb when compared for the years before and after the programme (the percentage reduction in these parameters was −39, −17, −34, −7, and −47, respectively). These outcome measures had a greater reduction in the targeted suburb compared to the Auckland suburbs not targeted by the TTNR programme (

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animal welfare: shelter intakecat managementsemi-owned catsshelter euthanasiashelter medicinestray catstargeted trap-neuter-returntrap-neuter-return (TNR)unwanted cats

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PMID29757255
PMCPMC5981284

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