Evidence and transparency

Sources should support decisions, not decorate pages.

Safety pages link the primary organizations behind key actions. Each high-risk guide should also state its region, scope, review date, and named reviewer before public release.

Human safety

Use public-health and medical organizations for wound-care thresholds.

Cat health

Use veterinary and feline behavior sources for cat-health boundaries.

Use this page when

Check the source behind a claim

This page supports trust checks. If you need immediate wound care or a behavior route, start with the relevant guide first.

Go to wound care if skin broke Use the matcher if unsure

Is this my situation?

Use this page if

You want to see which organizations support a safety threshold, wound-care step, or editorial rule.

Do first

Find the related guide

Open the guide you are reading and look for the source note nearest the claim. Sources make the most sense beside the action they support.

Then

Open the primary source

Use the organization link to check wording, date, scope, and whether guidance is human medical, veterinary, or public-health focused.

Go elsewhere if

Switch routes

Use wound care first if skin broke. Use the matcher if you are trying to choose a behavior route rather than verify evidence.

Primary organizations

Grouped by what the user is deciding

A source list does not replace named professional review for high-risk published content.

Centers for Disease Control and PreventionCat-related injuries, cleaning, infection signs, and when to seek medical care.CDC — TetanusWound assessment and vaccination considerations.World Health OrganizationRabies exposure and post-exposure care, including extensive wound washing.NHSAnimal bite first aid, infection signs, and urgent thresholds.

Editorial rules

How we separate safety claims, behavior interpretation, reviewer scope, and corrections.

Read the editorial policy

Correction route

Send a page URL, the statement in question, and a primary source when possible.

Report a correction

Global source coverage

We track source geography before publication.

Behavior pages should not quietly become a North America-only or Europe-only evidence base. Gentle Cat Lab keeps an internal coverage matrix across the six inhabited continents, then chooses page-level sources by topic relevance and quality.

Some regions currently have stronger direct cat behavior sources than others. Africa is represented through regional companion-animal veterinary practice context, but current cat-behavior conclusions still rely on direct feline behavior sources from veterinary schools, welfare organizations, and peer-reviewed research.

Global coverage examples

Representative authority by region

These examples show the geographic evidence library used behind the behavior pages. Individual guide pages cite the most relevant subset.

Cornell Feline Health Center — Feline Behavior Problems: Aggression

Feline aggression categories, health boundary, petting-induced aggression, and redirected aggression.

Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine · North America

International Cat Care — Stress in cats

Stress and welfare framing for behavior changes, environmental pressure, and body-language context.

International Cat Care / ISFM · Europe / international

RSPCA Knowledgebase — Cat body language

Body-language interpretation across eyes, tail, mouth, posture, and context.

RSPCA Australia · Oceania

Owner-directed feline aggression in Thailand

Regional research on owner-directed feline aggression patterns and intervention framing.

Peer-reviewed study via PMC · Asia

Human-directed aggression in Brazilian domestic cats

Regional research on owner-reported cat aggression contexts, including petting and play.

Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery / Brazil study · South America

WSAVA AFSCAN companion animal veterinary practice report

Regional companion-animal veterinary practice context. Used for coverage transparency, not as a direct cat behavior claim source.

WSAVA · Africa

WSAVA Animal Welfare Guidelines

Global companion animal welfare framework for responsible guidance across regions.

WSAVA · Global