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Evaluating the cat behaviour article

After reviewing the article on cat behaviour, the article needs a bit of work. There are several citations missing, statements are made about kittens we cannot be sure of, such as the statement: “Kittens are curious creatures and treat many objects as toys”, how can we know this? This statement needs scientific information to back it up. Also, after checking a few citations, some of the information provided in the article comes from a humane society website or websites that use the same humane society as a reference, therefore the information comes from the same source. This could be biased information because the humane society could be using information to encourage people to adopt kittens/cats, thus is not a reliable source and should not be used in a Wikipedia article. The article on cat behaviour needs a lot of work and many more sources to become a better Wikipedia article.

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Article adding to: Cat Behaviour

Reference: Bradshaw, J. W. S., & Cook, S. E. (1996). Patterns of Pet Cat Behaviour at Feeding Occasions. Applied Animal Behavioural Science 47(1), 61-64. DOI: doi.org/10.1016/0168-1591(95)01011-4.

Notes:

- Feeding occasions important

- Forms bond between kitten/cat to human

- Regular feeding needed to form bond

Adding to a statement already made and providing a citation: A cat's eating pattern in domestic settings are essential for the cat/owner bond to form. This happens because cats form attachments to households that regularly feed them.

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Cat Behaviour

As noted above this article could use updating and more material found from scholarly sources.