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SUBMITTER: Jensen HA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9311815 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Jensen Helene Ane HA Meilby Henrik H Nielsen Søren Saxmose SS Sandøe Peter P
Animals : an open access journal from MDPI 20220707 14
We studied the roaming patterns of companion cats in Denmark. The movements of 97 cats with outdoor access were traced for about seven days using GPS tracking. Data on the cats were gathered from their owners. The median time cats spent away from their homes was 5 h per day (IQR: 2.5 to 8.8 h), median daily distance moved was 2.4 km (IQR: 1.3 to 3.7 km), and median for 95% BBKDE home range was 5 ha (IQR: 2.9 to 8.5 ha). Cats above seven years of age spent less time away from home, were less acti ...[more]