Effects of sterilization on movements of feral cats at a wildland-urban interface

• Published in: Journal of Mammalogy
• Main Authors: Guttilla, Darcee A., Stapp, Paul
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 2010
• Subjects: Feature Articles; Catalina; Rugged Island
• Online Access: http://jmammal.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/91/2/482; https://doi.org/10.1644/09-MAMM-A-111.1

Trap-neuter-release (TNR) programs, in which feral cats are sterilized and fed in unconfined colonies, have been advocated as a humane and effective way to reduce the impacts of feral cats on native wildlife. Little is known, however, about the effects of sterilization on feral cat movements and spa...