SCAS member Kris Hill has published a paper in Anthrozoös, ‘To Roam or Stay Home? Understanding “Pet Parenting” Types in Relation to the Indoor/Outdoor Cat Debate’ (Read here: Open access!). The findings of the study were also the subject of a SCAS Webinar, ‘Coddled Companions or Pet Prisoners? Understanding ‘pet parenting’ types in relation to the ‘indoor versus outdoor cat’ debate.’ Recordings of passed SCAS webinars are available for a small fee (contact info@scas.org.uk).

The study is based on Kris’s doctoral research, undertaken at the University of Exeter. A qualitative analysis was performed on 961 online user comments responding to media related to predation by cats or discussing the merits of keeping companion cats indoors.

Using a framework of “pet parenting styles,” the paper examines how roles and responsibilities of cat guardians are constructed differently in relation to the indoor/outdoor cat debate and how feline “pet parenting” norms might be changing in contemporary risk societies that increasingly promote practices that restrict the roaming of companion cats.

The findings of the study were also the subject of a SCAS Webinar, ‘Coddled Companions or Pet Prisoners? Understanding ‘pet parenting’ types in relation to the ‘indoor versus outdoor cat’ debate.’ Recordings of passed SCAS webinars are available for a small fee (contact info@scas.org.uk).

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