Van Patter Lauren, Flockhart Tyler, Coe Jason, Berke Olaf, Goller Rodrigo, Hovorka Alice, Bateman Shane
Department of Clinical Sciences (Bateman), Department of Population Medicine (Coe, Berke), Ontario Veterinary College, Department of Geography (Van Patter), University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1; University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Ringgold standard institution - Appalachian Laboratory, 301 Braddock Road, Cambridge, Maryland 21613, USA (Flockhart); City of Guelph - Intergovernmental Relations, Policy & Open Government, Guelph, Ontario (Goller); Queen's University - Geography & Planning, Kingston, Ontario (Hovorka).
Can Vet J. 2019 Jan;60(1):41-47.
In 2014, 116 Guelph residents were surveyed to investigate attitudes about community cats and preferences for population management. There are an estimated 29 579 owned cats in Guelph, an estimated 40% of residents allow outdoor access to their cat(s), and 8054 households (15%) feed community cats. Participants reported more concern with community cat welfare than nuisance behavior. There were high levels of support for responsible pet ownership education (90%), accessible or low-cost spay/neuter (86%), and trap-neuter-return (78%), and low levels of support for inaction (4%) and euthanasia (20%). Respondents who did not own cats or who considered cats as "pests" or a "non-native, invasive species" were more supportive of euthanasia. Results suggest that Guelph residents want to see action taken to address community cat population concerns, and that proactive management tools such as education, accessible or low-cost spay/neuter, and trap-neuter-return would be well supported and less divisive than euthanasia.
2014年，圭尔夫市对116名居民进行了调查，以了解他们对社区猫的态度以及对种群管理的偏好。据估计，圭尔夫市有29579只家养猫，估计40%的居民允许他们的猫外出，8054户家庭（15%）喂养社区猫。参与者表示，他们更关心社区猫的福利而不是滋扰行为。对负责任的宠物饲养教育（90%）、可获得的或低成本的绝育/去势服务（86%）以及诱捕-绝育-放归（78%）有很高的支持率，而对不作为（4%）和安乐死（20%）的支持率较低。不养猫或认为猫是“害虫”或“非本地入侵物种”的受访者更支持安乐死。结果表明，圭尔夫市居民希望看到采取行动解决社区猫种群问题，并且像教育、可获得的或低成本的绝育/去势服务以及诱捕-绝育-放归这样的积极管理工具将得到大力支持，并且比分娩安乐死更少引起争议。
