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Community Engagement and the Effectiveness of Free-Roaming Cat Control Techniques: A Systematic Review.
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9 citing papers in PubMed.
- StrayCare Metro: Evaluation of a Targeted Cat Desexing Program to Manage Free-Roaming Cats.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026Article
- It's Premature to Encourage Working Cats for Rodent Control on Australian Dairy Farms.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026Article
- Low Zoonotic Pathogen Burden in Free-Roaming Cats Revealed by 18S rRNA Metabarcoding: A Baseline Study from an Insular Natura 2000 Site in Spain.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026Article
- Beyond population size: long-term changes in free-roaming cat population structure during TNR implementation in Seoul.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2026Article
- Social Perceptions and Attitudes Towards Free-Roaming Cats and Dogs in Portugal: An Exploratory Study.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Article
- Serum biochemistry, hematology, and reproductive behavior of free-roaming cats in urban and rural habitats.Journal of advanced veterinary and animal research · 2025Article
- 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
- Public Attitudes towards and Management Strategies for Community Cats in Urban China.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
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Abstract
Although free-roaming and feral cat control techniques are often applied in human communities, community engagement is not always considered. A systematic literature review following an update of the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA 2020) methodology was conducted to evaluate whether community engagement influences the effectiveness of control techniques, excluding culling, in managing cat populations. The degree of community engagement was estimated based on the number of roles reported during the application of the control technique, which included adoption, trapping, care, and/or education. Education followed by adoption was the determining factor in the decreasing cat populations over time. The limited evaluations of control technique effectiveness, narrow geographical scope, and our simple measure of engagement emphasize the need for more detailed studies. These studies should evaluate the effectiveness of control techniques, while considering community engagement more comprehensively.
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