Table 2.

Cat counts and neutering percentage recorded with and without friendly vocalization (calling the cats). Data were collected by one observer during 2016 on n = 31 one‐kilometer‐long transects in the city of Rehovot, Israel

Variable	Approach for observation	Cat observations (Mean ± SD; Neutered/Total (%))	Ratio between approaches (CI95%)	P‐value
FRC counts [cat/km]	No intervention	8.7 ± 5.3	1.794 (1.547–2.082)	<.001*
	Friendly calling	15.5 ± 9.4
Neutering percentage	No intervention	124/268 (46.3%)	1.18 (0.952–1.384)	.131*
	Friendly calling	270/481 (56.1%)

^*Generalized linear mixed model with Poisson distribution