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The Effect of Baby Schema in Cats on Length of Stay in an Irish Animal Shelter
5. Conclusions
It is not conclusive if baby schema, or ‘cuteness’, plays a role in the adoption of cats from shelters. Further research is needed to assess the effect of ‘cuteness’ on LoS by assessing this in a larger number of cats across several animal shelters. Future studies should also consider including the effect that cat behaviour and health have on adoption selection. Eye shape as an indicator of cuteness in cats should be explored further as it is simple to measure relative to other baby schema measurements and appears to be associated with cuteness regardless of the quality of the image. This measure needed to be further validated. However, it provides a less time-consuming and simpler method of objective measurement of infant features. This will provide future researchers with the tools to identify the level of ‘cuteness’ or baby schema in a cat image much easier for further research.
