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Change the Humans First: Principles for Improving the Management of Free-Roaming Cats.
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- Keeping Cats Safe at Home (KCSAH): Lessons Learned from a Human Behaviour Change Campaign to Reduce the Impacts of Free-Roaming Domestic Cats.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Article
- Social Perceptions and Attitudes Towards Free-Roaming Cats and Dogs in Portugal: An Exploratory Study.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Article
- Feline Encounters Down Under: Investigating the Activity of Cats and Native Wildlife at Sydney's North Head.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- A Survey of Public Opinion on Community Cats' General Health and Relationship Quality with Residents in Urban China.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- Community Engagement and the Effectiveness of Free-Roaming Cat Control Techniques: A Systematic Review.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Review
- Audience segmentation of New Zealand cat owners: Understanding the barriers and drivers of cat containment behavior.PloS one · 2024Article
- Characteristics of cat semi-owners.Journal of feline medicine and surgery · 2023Article
- Understanding the Factors Influencing Cat Containment: Identifying Opportunities for Behaviour Change.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Article
- Lack of accessibility and clarity in regulations concerning dog access to protected areas lowers public awareness.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Intensive Adoption as a Management Strategy for Unowned, Urban Cats: A Case Study of 25 Years of Trap-Assess-Resolve (TAR) in Auckland, New Zealand.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2022Article
- Coexistence between Humans and 'Misunderstood' Domestic Cats in the Anthropocene: Exploring Behavioural Plasticity as a Gatekeeper of Evolution.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2022Review
- Beliefs and Attitudes of Residents in Queensland, Australia, about Managing Dog and Cat Impacts on Native Wildlife.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2020Article
- Reply to Wolf et al.: Why Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) Is Not an Ethical Solution for Stray Cat Management.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2020Article
- Understanding the Relationship between Intention and Cat Containment Behaviour: A Case Study of Kitten and Cat Adopters from RSPCA Queensland.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2020Article
- Response to Wolf et al.: Furthering Debate over the Suitability of Trap-Neuter-Return for Stray Cat Management.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2020Article
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Abstract
In Australia, free-roaming cats can be found in urban and rural areas across the country. They are inherently difficult to manage but it is frequently human behaviour that demands the most attention and is in most need of change. To the frustration of policy makers and practitioners, scientific knowledge, technological developments, and legal and institutional innovations, often run afoul of insufficient public capacity, opportunity and motivation to act. This paper demonstrates how the behavioural science literature can provide important insights into maximising the impact of free-roaming cat control activities within an ethical framework that prioritises acting "with" all stakeholders, rather than "on" stakeholders. By better understanding how human values, attitudes and beliefs are shaped, practitioners can more effectively and respectfully interact with how people interpret the world around them, make choices and behave. This literature also has much to say about why certain types of media and marketing messages elicit behaviour change and why other types fall flat. Finally, in addition to explaining the behavioural science and its implications, this review provides researchers, policy makers and engagement specialists with an inclusive, practical framework for conceptualising behaviour change and working to ensure land managers, cat owners and the general public can agree on and adopt best practices for managing free-roaming cats.
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