The Cat (eBook)

Behaviour and Welfare

Bjarne O Braastad, Anne McBride, Ruth C Newberry (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2022 | 2. Auflage
232 Seiten
CABI (Verlag)
978-1-78924-233-1 (ISBN)

Infos

This bestselling book, translated and adapted from a highly successful Norwegian text, provides a fascinating insight into all aspects of the behaviour of domestic cats. It is written to help owners and veterinary professionals understand their cat's behaviour and thereby enhance its well-being and welfare.

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This book has been translated, adapted, and extended from a Norwegian bestseller. It provides a fascinating insight into all aspects of the behaviour of domestic cats. Its accessible and informative style means it is applicable to cat owners, students, biologists, veterinarians, animal nurses and technicians, and others working with cats or wanting to learn more about them. The depth of knowledge provided will enhance cat welfare.

Learn about feline behaviour throughout a cat's lifespan, and our role in helping kittens develop into happy, well-balanced adult cats.
Read about cat communication, their social interactions, free-roaming and hunting behaviour, and differences in personality types and breeds.
Recognize behavioural problems and how to prevent or deal with them to enhance a cat's welfare based on insights into learning theory, emotions and motivations.
Learn more about who cat owners are, why and how we keep cats, and how cats can benefit our own mental and physical health.
See videos and beautiful colour photographs that complement the explanations in the text.

By enriching our understanding of the emotional and behavioural needs of cats, their motivations for pleasure and relaxation, and what stresses them, the reader gains the essential information needed to promote the well-being of cats and their caretakers.

Rezensionen

"Another book about cats, really?", you may think. And you would be right, were it not for the fact that the book by Braastad and colleagues does more than simply offer up a comprehensive overview of what is already written in other books. True, this book does supply classic chapters such as the ones on the origin of cats, cat communication and problem behaviours in cats.

However, it gives an update on those topics where possible, and also approaches cats from more contemporary angles, like cat personality (an aspect that is quickly gaining momentum in animal welfare science) and particularly the individual variation that must be considered alongside breed variation, the relationship between people and cats (including COVID and the lessons learned there), and how cats contribute to human health. I found that many chapters had nice surprises of content I was not expecting. The book in its entirety is a comprehensive combination of scientific knowledge, anecdotal information, and practical advice for cat owners, although the authors state that the book is also useful for others interested in the lives of cats and in caring for them (and I would agree).

In my opinion, this book is an important contribution to a much-needed shift in the attitude of people towards cats specifically and animals in general, from a culture of ownership and anthropocentrism to a culture of care.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 13.12.2022
• Verlagsort: Oxford
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Lebenshilfe / Lebensführung
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Tiere / Tierhaltung
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Veterinärmedizin ► Kleintier
• Schlagworte: Animal-Assisted Interventions • Animal behavioural needs • Animal welfare • Behavioural disturbances in cats • Behavioural problems in cats • Cat Behaviour • cat domestication • Cat individuality and personality • Cat Mother-offspring relationship • feline • Feline aggression • Feline Communication Signals • Feline emotions • Feline House-soiling • felis silvestris catus • Furniture scratching by cats • Human-cat relationship • Learning behaviour in cats • ontogeny • Orientation [navigation] behaviour • Predatory behaviour in cats • Social behaviour in cats
• ISBN-10: 1-78924-233-9 / 1789242339
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78924-233-1 / 9781789242331