Traditional methods based on trap, adopt or euthanise have failed to control cat numbers. An eight-year trial of a more supportive community cat desexing program has been a resounding success.
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Unfortunately, a rhetoric has developed within public discourse that cats are manipulative, vengeful, uncaring or even psychotic. But it’s unlikely they’ve deliberately peed on your rug to annoy you.
A series of studies found that exposure to dogs leads people to make riskier financial decisions, while interactions with cats have the opposite effect.
Human beings evolved to nurture – and that drive can extend to children who aren’t your own and even to members of other species.
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Clinical Academic, School of Veterinary Science, The University of Queensland
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Inidustry Fellow, School of Veterinary Science, The University of Queensland
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PhD Candidate, University of Adelaide
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Assistant Professor, Animal Science, Boise State University
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Emeritus Professor of Companion Animal Health, The University of Queensland
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Associate Professor, School of Animal and Veterinary Science, University of Adelaide
