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Cat Training Resources

•Training Tips & Videos

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Research

•Social interaction, food, scent or toys? A formal assessment of domestic pet and shelter cat preferences.

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Research

•Attachment bonds between domestic cats and humans.

•The effect of owner presence and scent on stress resilience in cats.

• The quality of being sociable: The influence of human attentional state, population, and human familiarity on domestic cat sociability.

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Research

•The Social Lives of Free-Ranging Cats

•The Influence of Food Distribution and Relatedness on the Social Behaviours and Proximities of Free-Roaming Cats

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Research

•Cat Foster Program Outcomes: Behavior, Stress, and Cat–Human Interaction

•Increasing shelter cat welfare through enrichment: A review

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Kristyn Vitale, PhD, is an educator and researcher focusing on cat social cognition, cat behavior, and human-cat interaction. Her research and expertise in cat behavior has been internationally featured in media outlets such as Science Magazine, The New York Times, National Geographic, The Washington Post, PBS, Scientific American,Time, The Times of London,and Wall Street Journal.

Learn more about Kristyn here.

 

Contact Kristyn Vitale for Media & Speaking Inquiries:

maueyes.catresearch [at] gmail.com

 

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