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Feline Aggression Towards Other Cats in the Neighbourhood (view source)
Revision as of 14:11, 8 September 2014
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Invasion of core territories and threat to resources within homes increases competition within the home and can increase the risk of conflict. When a [[Feline Social Behaviour#Social Structure|feline despot]] is present within a neighbourhood, aggressive encounters between cats increase significantly. These despotic cats not only show intensely territorial behaviour but also make regular and repeated attempts to take over the territory of other cats, including their core territory or home range. They may enter the homes of other cats to attack or intimidate them, or to leave urine marks, leading to misdiagnosis of inter-cat aggression or [[Indoor Marking - Cat|indoor marking problems]] within the homes they are targeting. Entire male cats are more likely to be despotic, which is why stray males should be caught and neutered. However, there is '''no exclusive correlation between reproductive status and despotism''', and other cats can behave in this way. Despotic cats are often most active at dawn and dusk and their behaviour is often a source of tension between human and feline neighbours throughout the potentially very large area that the despot attempts to control.
Invasion of core territories and threat to resources within homes increases competition within the home and can increase the risk of conflict. When a [[Feline Social Behaviour#Social Structure|feline despot]] is present within a neighbourhood, aggressive encounters between cats increase significantly. These despotic cats not only show intensely territorial behaviour but also make regular and repeated attempts to take over the territory of other cats, including their core territory or home range. They may enter the homes of other cats to attack or intimidate them, or to leave urine marks, leading to misdiagnosis of inter-cat aggression or [[Indoor Marking - Cat|indoor marking problems]] within the homes they are targeting. Entire male cats are more likely to be despotic, which is why stray males should be caught and neutered. However, there is '''no exclusive correlation between reproductive status and despotism''', and other cats can behave in this way. Despotic cats are often most active at dawn and dusk and their behaviour is often a source of tension between human and feline neighbours throughout the potentially very large area that the despot attempts to control.
==Investigation==
==Investigation==