Roaming pet cats kill 390 million animals per year in Australia. But keeping cats inside (or contained outside) 24/7 can actually be in their best interest.
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Roaming pet cats kill 390 million animals per year in Australia. Most of the animals are native to Australia.
Not all pets will make good house cats, but there are ways to make a life indoors more fulfilling.
Have a cat who just loves to scratch? Declawing is a major surgery that comes with serious long-term side effects – and it might not solve the problem anyway.
Cats and humans have different ways of communicating and sometimes that can lead to problems.
Top contributors
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University Fellow in Biodiversity, Charles Darwin University
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Visiting Research Fellow, Animal Behaviour and Welfare, Nottingham Trent University
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Professor of Conservation Biology, Charles Darwin University
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Professor of Wildlife Conservation, Australian National University
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Project Officer, School of Earth and Environmental Science, The University of Queensland
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Professor Emeritus in Terrestrial Ecology, University of Sydney
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Emeritus Professor of Companion Animal Health, The University of Queensland
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William H. Danforth Distinguished University Professor, Washington University in St. Louis
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Associate Professor, School of Animal and Veterinary Science, Adelaide University
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Research Fellow, Animal Welfare Science Centre, The University of Melbourne
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Lecturer of Psychology, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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Richard Malik is a Friend of The Conversation.
Veterinary Internist (Specialist), University of Sydney
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Industry Fellow, School of Veterinary Science, The University of Queensland
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Senior Lecturer, School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor in Community Practice, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis