Presentation Details
| Importance of individual variation in exploring domestic cat (Felis catus) behavior Hee Jin Chung, Carly Moody, Ben Sacks, Andrew Sih. University of California, Davis, Davis, California, USA |
Abstract
Domestic cats (Felis catus) have long been known to be successful predators of vulnerable wildlife; however, not as much research has focused on the variation of hunting-related behaviors among individual cats. We highlight that in addition to large-scale efforts to control cat population density, more focus needs to be made on identifying “high-risk” individual cats, and individualizing intervention strategies to attain sustainable conservation solutions. As part of the “Predator, Prey and Pet: Domestic Cats in Our Society” symposium, this talk will focus on reviewing the current literature on individual differences in cat behavior, and compare it with our empirical data collected over the past four years on 1) behavioral assays conducted on domestic cats and their caretakers (n=81), 2) sociological factors that may influence individual cat risk to the environment (N=362) , and 3) molecular analyses on cat scats using DNA metabarcoding (N=33).
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