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| It was anticipated that feral cat populations would be greater in areas with an abundance of food and less human traffic. | Restate the hypothesis |
| The current study supports the initial hypothesis and found cats congregated where food was provided and feeding occurred more than once a day. The second hypothesis that cats would be present in areas with minimal human traffic was also supported. | Is the hypothesis supported. |
| This result may be explained by the fact that cats are becoming less self-reliant and seek out easy prey or food sources whilst still preferring to avoid direct contact with humans | Speculate reasons for these results |
| . This finding is in agreement with Smith's (1999) findings which showed higher proportions of felines in desolate areas than in high traffic areas. The present findings seem to be consistent with other research by Johnson (2003) which found felines to be more likely to live in areas with easy access to food. | Compare to previous research |
| . These data must be interpreted with caution because the study was localised to the University of Hawaii Campus and used a relatively small sample size of only 50 cats. In addition, an issue that was not addressed in this study was the manner in which food was provided and if this involved any human involvement. | Limitations |
| A greater focus on the involvement of people in the deliverance of food to the cats as this could provide interesting findings that further account for the cats presence in certain areas. This information can be used to develop targeted interventions aimed at reducing the number of feral cats in urban areas and those that prey on native species. | Recommendation/ limitations |
| The study aimed to determine why cats congregated in certain areas and which areas were more popular with the cats. | Restate purpose |
| The general trend of the data reveals that cats are highly likely to gather in places that provide easy access to food such as dumps and alley ways with large bins. Cats This study has found that generally cats prefer areas where few humans are present including alley ways and, junk yards and surprisingly dry areas near swaps | Main findings |
