Table 6.

Circumstances in which missing cats were found for the 602 cats that were found alive.

Question (Total Number of Eligible Cats)	% (n) 1
Where was your cat found? (n = 602)
My cat was found inside my house	4% (27)
My cat was found inside someone else’s house	11% (62)
My cat was found inside a public building	2% (9)
My cat was found outside	83% (485)
Not recorded	19
If your cat was found inside your house, can you tell us more about where inside the house it was found? (n = 27)
Behind or under furniture	33% (3)
In basement	33% (3)
In furniture (e.g., box springs of couch)	11% (1)
Bedroom	22% (2)
Not recorded or invalid response	18
If your cat was found inside your neighbor’s house, can you tell us more about where inside the house it was found? (n = 62)
Behind or under furniture	22% (7)
I don’t know	3% (1)
In basement	13% (4)
In ceiling	3% (1)
In furniture (e.g., box springs of couch)	6% (2)
On furniture (e.g., sofa)	3% (1)
Under floor or floorboards	9% (3)
Garage	28% (9)
Balcony	3% (1)
Barn	3% (1)
Kitchen	3% (1)
Bedroom	3% (1)
Not recorded or invalid response	30
If your cat was found outside, can you tell us more about where it was found? (n = 485)
Found hiding under vegetation/shrubbery	16% (76)
In a garage	4% (17)
In a shed or barn	3% (13)
In a vehicle	0% (1)
In a wood-pile	0% (1)
In a yard	20% (95)
In farm or woods or forest	2% (8)
Storm drain or sewer	4% (19)
Under a garage	1% (6)
Under a shed	2% (8)
Under house	5% (25)
Under vehicle	3% (12)
In or between fencing	1% (5)
Under patio/deck/porch	10% (47)
In cat trap	4% (17)
On road-side	1% (6)
Up a tree	1% (4)
With a feral colony	1% (4)
Waiting outside home/house	19% (88)
Outside a building (e.g., apartment complex, commercial buildings)	3% (13)
Balcony	1% (3)
Not recorded	17

¹ Within each question, numbers are expressed as percentages of valid responses.