A recent study found that as many as 15% of cats and dogs will go missing at least once. Unfortunately, there is currently a shortage of accurate information on lost pet behavior available on the internet. The mission of Lost Pet Research & Recovery is to find, organize, and share useful and reliable information relating …
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There are basically two different kinds of GPS trackers for dogs. The more popular design uses a GPS tracker, which is attached to your dog’s collar, and requires a monthly subscription plan to actually track your dog’s location. Many of these allow you to place a virtual boundary around your yard, and if your dog …
In a joint project by National Geographic and the University of Georgia, outdoor-access house cats were fitted with Kitty Cams, small video cameras that attach to the cat’s collar, to learn about the secretive behavior of free-roaming cats. Data were collected on 55 outdoor-access house cats in Athens, Georgia, from November 2010 to October 2011. …
I recently started a Facebook page to accompany the Lost Pet Research website. I try to keep my blog professional and well researched so occasionally weeks to months go by that I don’t have time to write an in-depth article. However, I frequently find interesting research articles and have insights from my own research projects …
A drop net consists of a large net, which is often hung from poles, and suspended over a baited target area. The trap must be monitored and when the target animal is under the net, it is either manually or remotely triggered, and drops on the animal. Drop nets were first used to capture game …
Most people are probably not even aware that there are such a thing as deer traps, but wildlife biologists use a variety of traps to capture deer including box traps, Clover traps (a netted-box trap), drop nets, and drive nets.. Deer, like many trap-shy dogs, are generally not comfortable entering enclosed spaces, so the design …
