Sentences with phrase «studies of managed colonies»
Studies of managed colonies show frequent turn - over of cats in the colony, as injured and diseased cats hide until death.
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Holden conducted the study with paleontologist Dr. John M. Harris, Chief Curator of the Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits, and Robert M. Timm, from Kansas University, who manages a dermestid beetle colony for research specimen preparation.
One study of a TNR program found that at the end of a 10 - year period, 83 % of the cats in the managed colonies had been residing in those colonies for more than six years — indicating a lifespan comparable to the 7.1 - year lifespan of pet cats.
At the conclusion of the 11 - year study of the impact of TNR on feral cat colonies at the University of Florida, 83 % of the cats in managed TNR colonies had been residing in those colonies for more than six years — indicating a lifespan comparable to the 7.1 - year lifespan of pet cats.
Although few predation studies have examined the hunting behavior of cats belonging to managed colonies, those that have are revealing.
A University of Nebraska study released last year found that feral cats were responsible for the extinction of 33 species of birds worldwide, that even well fed cats in so - called «managed» cat colonies will kill, that feral cats prey more on native wildlife than on other invasive creatures, and that most feral cats (between 62 and 80 percent) tested positive for toxoplasmosis (a disease with serious implications for pregnant women and people with weakened immune systems).
A University of Nebraska study released last year found that feral cats were responsible for the extinction of 33 species of birds worldwide, that even well fed cats in so - called «managed» cat colonies will kill, that feral cats prey more on native wildlife than on other invasive creatures, and that most feral cats (between 62 and 80 percent) tested positive for toxoplasmosis (a disease with serious implications for pregnant women and people with weakened immune systems).