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Key beliefs underlying public feeding of free-roaming cats in Malaysia and management suggestions
Research Centre for Languages and Cultures, School of Foreign Languages and Literature, Yunnan Normal University, Kunming, Yunnan Province, China.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-7237-2741
Department of Psychology, Jeffrey Cheah School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Monash University Malaysia, Sunway, Malaysia.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8144-2294
Research Centre for Languages and Cultures, School of Foreign Languages and Literature, Yunnan Normal University, Kunming, Yunnan Province, China.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1054-9462
2019 (English)In: Human Dimensions of Wildlife, ISSN 1087-1209, E-ISSN 1533-158X, Vol. 24, no 1, p. 1-13Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Public feeding of free-roaming cats subsidizes their population growth, and has consequences in highly interconnected ecosystems including predation of native wildlife and alteration of their behavior and populations. Research is needed to explain, predict, and possibly curb public feeding. We conducted a theoretically informed analysis of key beliefs underlying intentions to feed free-roaming cats in Malaysia, offering new insights as well as management suggestions. Normative beliefs had the strongest associations with behavioral intentions. Management strategies should consider social influences from families and friends of those who feed free-roaming cats, especially cat owners and their significant others. Our results also suggest key behavioral beliefs regarding disadvantages of feeding free-roaming cats could be strengthened through education and other initiatives. The findings are particularly important for Malaysia, which is biodiversity-rich but has a large free-roaming cat population and a high incidence of public feeding.

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Routledge, 2019. Vol. 24, no 1, p. 1-13
Keywords [en]
Belief, free-roaming cat, Malaysia, theory of planned behavior, wildlife management
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Other Veterinary Science
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Psychology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-93024DOI: 10.1080/10871209.2018.1522679ISI: 000453846600001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85054524811OAI: oai:DiVA.org:oru-93024DiVA, id: diva2:1579709
Available from: 2021-07-10 Created: 2021-07-10 Last updated: 2021-08-04Bibliographically approved

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