engleski

Impact of missing cat features on their returning to owners

Nowadays, pets play a very important role in human lives and many people consider them true friends, even family members. When a pet goes missing, it provokes emotional stress for the owner, while missing pets are scared, hungry and thirsty, exhausted, and may become victims of poisoning, traffic accidents, other animals or malevolent people. The aim of this study was to investigate whether and to what extent the features of missing cats, as one of the most popular pet animals, influence their return to the owners. Data were collected from the Suza Info database referring to the cats missing and found in the City of Zagreb during the 2011-2016 period. The following features were investigated: breed, sex, age, colour, hair length, castration and microchipping. During the study period, 946 cats were missing, of which 372 (39%) were returned to their owners. The features that significantly contributed to finding them were breed (purebred cats were more frequently returned to their owners, P<0.01), castration (P<0.05), microchipping (P<0.05), and hair length (long haired and semi-long haired cats were more often returned to their owners, P<0.05). Unlike these, sex, age and colour had no significant impact on finding and returning missing cats to their owners.

pets ; missing cats ; found cats ; feature

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