ArticleAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI2020
The Impact of Targeted Trap-Neuter-Return Efforts in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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- Four Years of Promising Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) in Córdoba, Spain: A Scalable Model for Urban Feline Management.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Article
- Domestic cat management in the UK: learnings from a global perspective.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2025Review
- Community Engagement and the Effectiveness of Free-Roaming Cat Control Techniques: A Systematic Review.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Review
- Assessing multiple free-roaming dog control strategies in a flexible agent-based model.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Outbreak management of multidrug-resistantJournal of feline medicine and surgery · 2023Article
- Feral Cat Populations and Feline Retrovirus Prevalence in San Mateo County, California in Three Time Periods between 2001 and 2016.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2022Article
- Guidance for management of free-roaming community cats: a bioeconomic analysis.Journal of feline medicine and surgery · 2022Article
- 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
- Trends in Intake and Outcome Data From U.S. Animal Shelters From 2016 to 2020.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2022Article
- Cats Are Not Fish: A Ricker Model Fails to Account for Key Aspects of Trap-Neuter-Return Programs.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2021Article
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Abstract
Recently, a growing collection of evidence that associates trap-neuter-return (TNR) programs with substantial and sustained reductions in community cat populations across a variety of environments has emerged. Peer-reviewed studies emanating from the northeastern, midwestern, and southeastern United States, as well as Australia, document such reductions. The present study expands upon this body of evidence by examining the impact of a long-term TNR program on a population of community cats residing on a pedestrian trail adjacent to an oceanic bay located on the West Coast of the U.S. A population of 175 community cats, as determined by an initial census, living on a 2-mile section of the San Francisco Bay Trail declined by 99.4% over a 16-year period. After the conclusion of the initial count, the presence of cats was monitored as part of the TNR program's daily feeding regimen. Of the 258 total cats enrolled in the program between 2004 and 2020, only one remained at the end of the program period. These results are consistent with those documented at the various sites of other long-term TNR programs.
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