Comments on: Missing Cat Study https://lostpetresearch.com/2016/06/missing-cat-study/ Search and Recovery Resources for Missing Pets Sat, 30 Oct 2021 20:25:28 +0000 hourly 1 By: Diana Danielson https://lostpetresearch.com/2016/06/missing-cat-study/#comment-191777 Sat, 30 Oct 2021 20:25:28 +0000 https://lostpetresearch.com/?p=3590#comment-191777 Found my lost cat after 31/2 months living within 1/4 mile from home. Lived in sewer drain with raccoon family and visited by fox nightly. Followed Pet detective from Atlanta’s advice to a T after 3 months of intense searching, I focused on Mr. Washington’s advice. Had a sighting within 1 week snd Jack was trapped and home within the next 2 weeks. Takes time, effort and persistence. It worked!!

]]> By: Danielle https://lostpetresearch.com/2016/06/missing-cat-study/#comment-188925 Wed, 11 Jul 2018 15:42:22 +0000 https://lostpetresearch.com/?p=3590#comment-188925 In reply to Jennifer Taylor.

It is true that 84% of the cats in this study were from residential areas and in my experience these are the easiest types of searches to conduct.
Searches in rural areas are much more difficult because there are so many potential hiding spots and getting sightings is particularly difficult.
Some of these missing cats (especially outdoor-access cats) were likely eaten by coyotes or other predators, but research studies have actually found that coyotes in urban/suburban areas prey on many more cats than coyotes living in rural areas. You can learn more here: https://lostpetresearch.com/category/predators/coyote/

]]> By: Jennifer Taylor https://lostpetresearch.com/2016/06/missing-cat-study/#comment-188924 Wed, 11 Jul 2018 15:06:58 +0000 https://lostpetresearch.com/?p=3590#comment-188924 This is encouraging for people who live in urban areas but those of us in rural areas of N American there are more likely endings to our cats: coyotes, eagles, owls, wolverines, sometimes foxes and wolves, cougars.

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