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Keeping your cat indoors is safer for your pet and wildlife. There are some simple steps you can take to ensure its quality of life doesn’t suffer.
There hasn’t been a lot of research into adult cat play, but a new study shows it’s not just dogs who like to play fetch.
Natural selection changed just 13 genes to separate your Felix and Fluffy from their African wildcat ancestor.
Some 60-100% of cats taken in are strays and at least 50% are kittens born in the preceding six months. Community cat programs focused on free desexing in problem areas are badly needed.
One-third of local councils have rules to stop pet cats roaming because of their major impacts on wildlife. More councils want to get on board but many are hampered by state laws.
Cat owners need to know the right moment to step in. Here’s how to tell.
Keeping human foods away from pets is one way to avoid emergency veterinary hospital runs during Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa or New Year’s.
Digging is a natural and important behaviour for cats – trying to interrupt it may cause stress and confusion for your pet. But if your cat is kicking litter everywhere, here are a few tips to try.
Clean bird feeders and grow insect-friendly plants.
Catnip’s status as kitty kryptonite is due to a chemical compound called nepalacatlon, but what actually is catnip?
Cats kill a staggering 1.7 billion native animals each year, and threaten at least 120 species with extinction. Five experts analyse a parliamentary report on the problem.
Breeding cats for exaggerated facial features might have hindered our ability to understand them.
When cats were introduced to Australia, they brought several diseases with them. These diseases are taking a big toll on human health and the economy — but there are things we can do.
Since women see men who own pets more favorably, you’d think online daters with cats in their profile pics would get more matches…
Roaming pet cats kill 390 million animals per year in Australia. But keeping cats inside (or contained outside) 24/7 can actually be in their best interest.
Roaming pet cats kill 390 million animals per year in Australia. Most of the animals are native to Australia.
Not all pets will make good house cats, but there are ways to make a life indoors more fulfilling.
Have a cat who just loves to scratch? Declawing is a major surgery that comes with serious long-term side effects – and it might not solve the problem anyway.
Cats and humans have different ways of communicating and sometimes that can lead to problems.
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Professor of Conservation Biology, Charles Darwin University
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Jaana Dielenberg is a Friend of The Conversation.
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Professor of Wildlife Ecology, Australian National University
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Richard Malik is a Friend of The Conversation.
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