title: ISFM guidelines on population management and welfare of unowned domestic cats (Felis catus).
abstract: GUIDELINES RATIONALE: Cats are among the most commonly kept domestic pets, and coexist with humans in a variety of different circumstances. Cats are sentient beings and, as such, humans have a responsibility for cat welfare where humans and cats coexist. Because cats reproduce efficiently, measures to control populations are frequently needed, but these should be based on ethical and humane approaches.
  
  
  METHODS
  These consensus guidelines from the International Society of Feline Medicine's Welfare Advisory Panel provide a framework for the approach to welfare and population control measures, primarily among unowned cats and those going through a homing programme.
authors: International Cat Care/ISFM, Tisbury, Wiltshire SP3 6LD, UK.
authors: Andrew H
authors: AH
authors: Sparkes
authors: Claire
authors: C
authors: Bessant
authors: Kevin
authors: K
authors: Cope
authors: Sarah L H
authors: SL
authors: Ellis
authors: Lauren
authors: L
authors: Finka
authors: Vicky
authors: V
authors: Halls
authors: Karen
authors: K
authors: Hiestand
authors: Kim
authors: K
authors: Horsford
authors: Christopher
authors: C
authors: Laurence
authors: Ian
authors: I
authors: MacFarlaine
authors: Peter F
authors: PF
authors: Neville
authors: Jenny
authors: J
authors: Stavisky
authors: James
authors: J
authors: Yeates
mesh_terms: D000827:Animal Welfare / Q000592:standards*; D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild / Q000601:surgery*; D002415:Cats / Q000523:psychology / Q000601:surgery*; D032921:Consensus; D003267:Contraception / Q000662:veterinary*; D005065:Euthanasia; D001841:Human-Animal Bond; D007044:Hysterectomy / Q000662:veterinary; D011155:Population Control / Q000379:methods; D011156:Population Density; D012952:Societies / Q000592:standards; D014659:Vasectomy / Q000662:veterinary; D014730:Veterinary Medicine / Q000592:standards*
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