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Managing wildlife damage: Feral cats (felis catus)
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Kanine, Jennifer M. Mengak, Michael T. |
| Copyright Year | 2014 |
| Abstract | Cats have lived with humans for thousands of years. The first cats were domesticated 8,000-10,000 years ago, in agricultural settlements. Wildcats near the villages found plenty of prey in grain storage areas and were useful as rodent control. Bolder individuals enjoyed more human subsidies likely giving them a fitness advantage more offspring. Tameness and tolerance and of humans increased. Although domesticated by man, cats have always retained their innate predatory nature. Inevitably cats have ran away, been lost, and have been abandoned by their owners through time. Once back in the environment, cats revert to a feral state, especially after a few generations of breeding. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://www.warnell.uga.edu/sites/default/files/publications/WDS%20No.13%20-%20Feral%20Cat.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |