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Resources

Here you'll find printable flyers, great research papers, as well as other resources to help with all your shelter cat needs

Documents/ Pictograms

Use these documents to help you better recognize and understand cat body language at different levels of fear, anxiety, and stress

Research Papers

The following research papers provide insight into feline behavior and the effects of socializing shelter cats

  • Shelter housing for cats:
    • Principles of design for health, welfare and rehoming. Wagner D, Hurley K, Stavisky J AFFILIATIONS  J Feline Med Surg. 2018; 20(7) 635-642 DOI: 10.1177/1098612X18781388,
  • ​The effect of housing and handling practices on the welfare, behaviour and selection of domestic cats (Felis sylvestris catus) by adopters in an animal shelter Gourkow N, Fraser D Animal Welfare. 2006; 15(4) 371-377 ISBN: 0962-7286
  • The influence of olfactory stimulation on the behaviour of cats housed in a rescue shelter Ellis SLH, Wells DL Appl Anim Behav Sci. 2010 Feb; 123(1-2) 56-62 DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2009.12.011
  • The Effects of Gentling on Cats https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2014.06.005
  • Updating Animal Welfare Thinking: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4810049/
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