Not exact matches
In order to «stake a
claim» this
cat will begin marking
areas they want as their own (like the owner's bed, a corner of one room, the sofa, etc).
In some cases, each
cat may
claim a room or
area and defend it, showing displeasure when another
cat approaches.
Change is coming for one class of Lower East Side residents: the scores of stray and feral
cats who have
claimed the
area's back alleyways, garden plots, and river - edge acreage as their home for decades.
The alpha
cat may
claim a window
area as his exclusive patch on a sunny day, but tolerate his house mates using it at other times.
Although you can't specifically assign a post to a specific
cat, if you place the posts in
areas where the different
cats tend to spend the most time, you may find they may just
claim the posts on their own.
(The NPR story
claims that coyotes kill
area dogs and
cats only «every so often,» but in light of Judith Webster's 2007 paper «Missing Cats, Stray Coyotes: One Citizen's Perspective,» I'm quite skeptical of such assertio
cats only «every so often,» but in light of Judith Webster's 2007 paper «Missing
Cats, Stray Coyotes: One Citizen's Perspective,» I'm quite skeptical of such assertio
Cats, Stray Coyotes: One Citizen's Perspective,» I'm quite skeptical of such assertions.)
«In addition,» argues FWS, «the TNR method has little valid scientific support for
claims that it actually reduces
cat colony numbers over time and often has been shown to attract people to release new
cats into an
area.»
All
cats are territorial of course, but some
cats in the same household will «space hog» and aggressively defend
areas they've
claimed.
«Managed
cat colonies are often
claimed to be the cheapest form of control for
areas with feral
cats.
Given the opportunity,
cats go off on their own when they mature and
claim certain
areas or territories for themselves.
In the wild, dominant
cats including those of the Panthera genus, such as lions, tigers, leopards and jaguars that are competing for territory often do not bury their excrement as a way of signaling that they want to
claim a particular
area.
Summarizing a recent study of gray catbird fledglings in the Washington, DC
area, the SMBC
claims that
cats were responsible for «alarmingly high rates of nest predation and fledging [sic] mortality.»
Catbird Population And finally, what about Marra's
claim, as reported by Higgins, that «catbirds in
cat - heavy
areas are not able to reproduce at a rate that is sustainable»?
«For instance, when a
cat walks around and rubs its face on everything in its home, he is essentially putting up invisible «post-it notes» with facial pheromones to
claim this
area as a safe space,» says Sarah Batterson, brand manager for H&C Animal Health in Parker, Colo..
This behavior is referred to as territory marking, and these marked spots «tell» other
cats which
cat has been to this spot and
claimed that
area or object as its territory.
You also
claim that my comment «amounts to an argument that land use and disaster planners in hurricane - vulnerable
areas should plan only for an increase at
cat 4s since an increase in
cat 5s was not found over the limited period of the study.»
If we've set up a
CAT Corps unit in your
area, let the staff know that you need the services of a Farmers
claims representative.
Then, call Farmers
Claim Services at 1-800-435-7764, or visit the Farmers
CAT Corps mobile command center if it has set up operations in your
area.