<p>Supplementary data S1-S8 to support the
manuscript entitled:</p><p><br></p><p> "Providing humans with practical, best practice
handling guidelines during human-cat interactions increases cats’ affiliative
behaviour and reduces aggression and signs of conflict"</p>
<p><br></p><p>Authors: Camilla Haywood<sup>1</sup> , Lucia Ripari<sup>2</sup><sup> </sup>, Jo Puzzo<sup>1</sup>, Rachel Foreman-Worsley<sup>2</sup> and Lauren
R Finka<sup>2,1</sup>*</p><p><br></p><p></p>
<p><sup>1</sup> Battersea Dogs and Cat Home, Battersea,
London, UK</p>
<p> </p>
<p><sup>2</sup> Animal, Rural and Environmental Sciences,
Nottingham Trent University, Brackenhurst Campus, Southwell, UK</p><p><br></p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>*Correspondence:</p>
<p>lauren.finka@ntu.ac.uk </p><p><br></p>
<p> </p>
<p>Supplementary data S1 - Participant
questionnaire</p>
<p>Supplementary data S2 - Excel work book
containing the following data sheets: Cat demographics and L-CAT scores, coding
ethogram, cat ratings by participants, human handling ratings, behaviour data
for ICC2 calculations, ICC2 results, all behaviour measure data, dataset for
glm analysis, human demographics</p>
<p>Supplementary data S3 - Participant
instructions for control condition</p>
<p>Supplementary data S4 - Educational video -
CAT guidelines</p>
<p>Supplementary data S5 - Participant
instructions for intervention condition</p>
<p>Supplementary data S6 - CAT guidelines poster</p>
<p>Supplementary data S7 - Participant cat
rating sheet</p>