It’s no big surprise to us, but a recent study says that community cat caretakers care about the cats that they feed just as much as a pet.
Caretakers who’d worked with Alley Cat Advocates in the past helped contribute data to this recently published study:” A Cat Is a Cat: Attachment to Community Cats Transcends Ownership Status”
The study is now published in the Journal of Shelter Medicine and Community Animal Health. You can read the article here.