{"id":173223,"date":"2026-05-31T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ckaj.org\/?p=173223"},"modified":"2026-05-31T11:12:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T15:12:31","slug":"vagabondage-de-felins-les-quebecois-laissent-de-moins-en-moins-leur-chat-a-lexterieur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ckaj.org\/vagabondage-de-felins-les-quebecois-laissent-de-moins-en-moins-leur-chat-a-lexterieur\/","title":{"rendered":"Vagabondage de f\u00e9lins: les Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois laissent de moins en moins leur chat \u00e0 l\u2019ext\u00e9rieur"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Un sondage L\u00e9ger men\u00e9 aupr\u00e8s de 1 063 Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois, \u00e0 la demande de l\u2019Association des m\u00e9decins v\u00e9t\u00e9rinaires du Qu\u00e9bec (AMVQ), r\u00e9v\u00e8le un changement marqu\u00e9 dans les habitudes des propri\u00e9taires de chats au cours de la derni\u00e8re d\u00e9cennie : les f\u00e9lins sont de plus en plus gard\u00e9s \u00e0 l\u2019int\u00e9rieur.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ainsi, pr\u00e8s de sept r\u00e9pondants sur dix (69 %) affirment que leurs chats ne vont jamais \u00e0 l\u2019ext\u00e9rieur. \u00c0 l\u2019inverse, 17 % indiquent que leur animal se limite aux abords imm\u00e9diats de leur domicile, tandis que 13 % disent qu\u2019il se prom\u00e8ne dans le voisinage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ces chiffres t\u00e9moignent d\u2019une nette \u00e9volution comparativement \u00e0 2015, alors que 60 % des chats restaient \u00e0 l\u2019int\u00e9rieur, 15 % circulaient autour de la propri\u00e9t\u00e9 et 24 % pouvaient explorer le quartier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Par ailleurs, chez les chats ayant uniquement acc\u00e8s aux alentours directs de la propri\u00e9t\u00e9, 6 % sont attach\u00e9s, ce qui est similaire aux r\u00e9sultats de 2015, qui \u00e9taient de 7 %.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Identification en hausse<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Parall\u00e8lement, le sondage met en lumi\u00e8re une augmentation importante des m\u00e9thodes d\u2019identification chez les chats qui vont \u00e0 l\u2019ext\u00e9rieur. 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De plus, environ 5 % des f\u00e9lins sont munis d\u2019un collier dot\u00e9 d\u2019un dispositif de g\u00e9olocalisation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Des centaines de milliers de chats encore en libert\u00e9<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Malgr\u00e9 une tendance \u00e0 la baisse, des milliers de chats circulent toujours librement au Qu\u00e9bec. Avec une population estim\u00e9e \u00e0 2,18 millions de chats domestiques, et 13 % d\u2019entre eux quittant la propri\u00e9t\u00e9 de leur propri\u00e9taire, l\u2019AMVQ \u00e9value entre 251 000 et 315 000 le nombre de chats ayant acc\u00e8s au voisinage. 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