Chapter 1: Introduction
1.The term feral is widely used to describe free-roaming cats, although many of these cats are former pets who are tame and sociable with people. Advocates often prefer terms such as community cats. We use these interchangeably, and we also refer sometimes to outdoor cats generally, since many of the issues surrounding feral cats also arise with owned cats who are allowed outdoors.
2.“Trap-Neuter-Return,” Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trap-neuter-return
3.Although TNR is increasingly supported by animal services agencies in many parts of the country, the support is far from universal. Some public shelters oppose TNR for a variety of reasons, ranging from ecological concerns to resources. In the case of the Amarillo, Texas, animal control board, worries about disease and public health seemed to be at the forefront of a 2012 decision to oppose a proposed TNR program: http://www.connectamarillo.com/news/story.aspx?id=760182#.UcSd_pywVFU
4.“Trap-Neuter-Return,” Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trap-neuter-return
5.Survey research was supported by funding from the Morris Animal Foundation (grant ID D12FE-016) to Susan Jacobson and D.M.W. and the National Science Foundation: DDIG in Decision Risk and Management Sciences (grant 1123710) to Susan Jacobson and D.M.W.
Chapter 2: The Cat Problem
1.Acetaminophen is actually toxic to dogs as well as cats, but cats are much more susceptible.
2.See, for example, http://wickershamsconscience.wordpress.com/2013/03/20/cat-fight-in-the-bird-house-or-has-anyone-seen-audubons-spine and http://www.outdoornews.com/March-2013/Feral-cats-and-a-spineless-decision-from-the-Audubon-Society.
3.Personal communication with I. Woolery.
4.Personal communication with I. Woolery.
5.Lead author Dauphiné was found guilty of animal cruelty in November 2011.
6.Response to Petersen, 2013.
7.Response to Petersen, 2013.
8.The “bible” of the no-kill movement is Nathan Winograd’s Redemption: The Myth of Pet Overpopulation and the No Kill Revolution in America (Almaden Books, 2007).
Chapter 3: The Science Problem and Framing
1.While this a starting point for our discussion, this article did not employ a systematic approach to article identification. A systematic review is a rigorous process that makes the selection of papers open to scrutiny and detection of bias. By not providing detailed information about the methods used to identify the papers referenced in this review, this article is limited.
2.L. McLeod, personal communication, 2018.
3.They mentioned a third publication about a successful report in the United Kingdom (Neville & Remfry, 1984), but did not provide specific information about the results of this program. Neville and Remfry reported the results of an extensive TNR and adoption initiative implemented in Regent’s Park, a large recreational park and green space in London. Due to immigration at the site, the number of adults in the colonies did not change, but no new litters had been observed at the time of publication and reports about predation on local waterfowl decreased.
Chapter 4: The Values Problem
1.A similar argument shapes PETA’s approach to another “problem” animal: pit bulls. PETA opposes the adoption of pit bulls in shelters and believes they should be euthanized “for their own good,” because so many people treat them badly (PETA, n.d.-b).
Chapter 5: The Social Problem
1.The full questionnaire and the question scales are available in (Wald et al., 2013; Wald, Lohr, Lepczyk, Jacobson, & Cox, 2016). Briefly, responses provided on a 7-point scale from -3 = strongly disagree to 3 = strongly agree). For simplicity, we condensed the categories of strongly agree, agree, and mildly agree, and report them all here as agree.
2.Previous NEP scores ranged from 4.70 to 4.86 (Glowinski & Moore, 2014; Liu, Ouyang, & Miao, 2010; Peterson, Hull, Mertig, & Liu, 2008) After adjusting our scores to the same scale as the previously reported NEP scores, Audubon members reported a score of 5.56 and TNR advocates 5.33. While it is possible that this difference in NEP score is due to a general increase in environmental values since the Peterson study was conducted in 2008 and the Liu study in 2010, the final study referenced was conducted in 2014, three years after we conducted our survey, which fails to provide evidence for a national increase in environmental values.