The Cambridge Institute of Pet Behaviour & Care

Understanding Cat Behaviour

PBC423

This courses covers a range of topics, including:

Behaviour & breeds
Patterns of sleep & activity
Sleep & retreat behaviour
Grooming & allogrooming, allorubbing
Feline temperature control, homeostasis
Cat distances and positions, contact
Curiosity and cats
Behaviour & age
Feline behaviour towards people
Human behaviour towards cats
Cat communities, house cats, strays & feral cats
Urban feral cats & rural feral cats
Cat densities
Cat population control options
Trap, neuter & return
Cat welfare methodology
Effects on wildlife populations

Module duration

Maximum of one year

Course Tutor

Roger Tabor

Total cost

£275.00

Distance Learning Only - NO workshop

Roger Tabor CBiol MIBiol MPhil FCFBA HonFBNA FLS is acknowledged as one of the world's leading authorities on cats. He pioneered the study of urban feral cats. His book The Wild Life of the Domestic Cat was called “the standard work on the subject” by Cats Protection and a “classic of feline literature” by Dr Desmond Morris. Roger wrote and presented the BBC TV series Cats and Understanding Cats that have been broadcast around the world, and is an best-selling author of books on cats. He made a number of films on cats with Bowe Tennant Productions. He is a Fellow of the Canine & Feline Behaviour Association & a member of the Feline Advisory Bureau's Feline Behaviour Expert Panel. He was given the Dutch Panorama Award for his feral cat studies. He has been studying cats for over 30 years, and observed them in over 25 countries