a certain cat sanctuary saw a larger than usual number of (cat) deaths caused by cancer.

You are a researcher at the sanctuary trying to find the source of this higher death count due to cancer.

Question 1:

Would a experimental or observational study be appropriate for this scenario. explain why.

Question 2:

Describe your study in more detail.

For example, how you would collect data, or if you decided this should be an experiment, how you would set up the experiment.