Well-fed domestic cats normally kill less wildlife
Although we know that a full stomach does not deter a domestic cat from hunting because predation is instinctive, it does help to reduce their home range. This must have an impact on the...
Category: home range
10 facts about the space used by cats allowed outside
This is information from a Norwegian study but it represents domestic cats generally in ‘developed countries’ because domestic cats anywhere have the same mentality on home range size. I was not sure how to...
Domestic cat territory – home ranges vary widely
How large is domestic cat territory? As large as the front living room. No, I am being sarcastic but for some this is almost true. I am talking about what is referred to as...
Cat exclusion zones in new Australian housing developments
I suspect that this has being considered by the Australian authorities: cat exclusion zones within new housing developments in Australia if those developments are near important wildlife sites. The idea is to create a...
Maryam, Gaza cat lady, misses a favourite rescued cat who disappeared
Maryam lives in the Gaza Strip as far as I can tell and she is a cat lady. She looks after stray cats and I guess she also rescues them. She might operate TNR...
Being sensitive to the connection that cats have to their home range
This is a video which shows us how a workplace employee (or business owner, not sure which) was delightfully sensitive to the connection that a stray cat had to his ‘home range’. All species...
Cat gives up being well cared for to sleep rough in his own territory
How many times have domestic cat wandered back to their territory after they have moved to a new home a few miles away? Or if the move is many miles they may attempt to...
Why this cat ended up living on a scrapyard and not in his warm friendly home
This is an example of a domestic cat trying to return to his home range (the territory that he feels is his home) after his owner moved home. But he failed and got lost....
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