Data for Key Skills 1 Catglo® Scientific paper

Information about the costs of different collar-mounted anti-predation devices

One important aspect of the cost-effectiveness (or not) of the Catglo® anti-predation device is its
retail value relative to other devices currently available. Information about the costs of other anti-
predation devices can be found at:

 Birdbesafe cat collar: www.birdsbesafe.com

 Cat bib: www.amazon.co.uk (search for “cat bib”)
 Belled collars: www.amazon.co.uk (search for “mudder adjustible collar with bell”)

The Catglo® currently retails at a unit cost of £4.99 (including VAT). It requires one standard 3V
battery (retail price £0.50 including VAT); one battery will power the device for a total of 10 weeks.
The Catglo® device and the collar combined weigh 8.0g; for comparison, a standard collar and bell
weigh 6.5g. A typical adult domestic cat weighs 3.5-4.5 kg.

DATA FOR MALE CATS

You recruited 50 male cats into the study. Individuals were spaced sufficiently far apart to be
considered independent data points.

All male cats were neutered; all were aged 1-5 years old. All were allowed free access to the
outdoors. All were fed on tinned cat food twice a day. The cats were split into two equal sized
groups: (1) those cats (N=25) that wore the Catglo® collar for a six week period during May-June
2017 (this is the experimental group); and (2) those cats (N=25) that did not wear any collar or anti-
predation device in the same six week period (this is the control group).

During this six week period, each owner was asked to photograph every dead bird returned home by
their pet and to send their photographs to you at the University of Reading. The number of birds
recorded are summarised below (e.g. Male subject #1 returned home 16 prey in the six week period,
whereas Male subject #50 returned home 11 prey in the same period):

Individuals in the control group Individuals in the experimental group

(not wearing the Catglo® collar) (wearing the Catglo® collar)
M1- 16 M6- 13 M11- 12 M16- 14 M21- 16 M26- 9 M31- 7 M36- 9 M41- 3 M46- 5
M2- 14 M7- 18 M12- 13 M17- 18 M22- 14 M27- 6 M32- 6 M37- 1 M42- 7 M47- 2
M3- 16 M8- 17 M13- 15 M18- 13 M23- 10 M28- 3 M33- 7 M38- 8 M43- 4 M48- 8
M4- 11 M9- 21 M14- 13 M19- 12 M24- 15 M29- 7 M34- 2 M39- 4 M44- 6 M49- 5
M5- 16 M10- 17 M15- 17 M20- 16 M25- 19 M30- 4 M35- 7 M40- 6 M45- 8 M50- 11

NB: when you enter these data into MINITAB you will need to create two columns of figures, one
column for the numbers of prey returned by the male cats in the control group (uncollared) and one
column for the numbers of prey returned by the male cats in the experimental group (collared).
DATA FOR FEMALE CATS

You recruited 40 female cats into the study. Individuals were spaced sufficiently far apart to be
considered independent data points.

All female cats were neutered; all were aged 1-5 years old. All were allowed free access to the
outdoors. All were fed on tinned cat food twice a day. The cats were split into two equal sized
groups: (1) those cats (N=20) that wore the Catglo® collar for a six week period during May-June
2016; and (2) those cats (N=20) that did not wear any collar or anti-predation device in the same six
week period.

During this six week period, each owner was asked to photograph every dead bird returned home by
their pet and to send their photographs to you at the University of Reading. The number of birds
recorded are summarised below (e.g. Female subject #1 returned home 7 prey in the six week
period, whereas Female subject #40 returned home 10 prey in the same period):

Individuals in the control group Individuals in the control group

(not wearing the Catglo® collar) (Wearing the Catglo® collar)
F1- 7 F6- 9 F11- 13 F16- 9 F21- 4 F26- 7 F31- 3 F36- 5
F2- 8 F7- 12 F12- 15 F17- 11 F22- 10 F27- 7 F32- 6 F37- 8
F3- 15 F8- 16 F13- 11 F18- 12 F23- 4 F28- 3 F33- 6 F38- 4
F4- 11 F9- 14 F14- 10 F19- 11 F24- 5 F29- 5 F34- 1 F39- 1
F5- 11 F10- 16 F15- 8 F20- 13 F25- 3 F30- 8 F35- 1 F40- 10

NB: when you enter these data into MINITAB you will need to create two columns of figures, one
column for the numbers of prey returned by the female cats in the experimental group and one
column for the numbers of prey returned by the female cats in the control group.