Interspecies interactions also occur with humans and wildlife. Factors impacting FRC conspecific interactions include cat body size, cat social rank, cat individuality, cat age, relationship to conspecific (kin/familiar), cat sex, level of human caretaking, presence of food, the health of the individual, or sexual status of conspecifics. Some groups display strong social bonds and preferential affiliations, while other groups are more loosely associated and display little to no social interaction. The intraspecific social dynamics of FRCs differ based on group of cats surveyed. A search of two major databases revealed that observations of intraspecies and interspecies social interactions have been conducted.
The aim of this review is to explore the literature on the social behavior of FRCs. Despite the diversity of social situations in which cats live, the degree to which free-ranging cats (FRCs) are social is still debated.
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