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The Selection and Training of Shelter Dogs for Involvement in Canine-Assisted Interventions: What Are the Ethical Issues?

Veterinary Sciences
Managing relinquished/stray dogs is a significant socio-economic and ethical challenge necessitating structured policies to ensure animal welfare and integration into society.
Laura Contalbrigo, Elizabeth A. Walsh, Lieve L. Meers, Daniele Benedetti, Marta De Santis, Emma Bassan, Simona Normando   +6 more
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Canine distemper outbreak modeled in an animal shelter

Letters in Biomathematics, 2016
Canine distemper virus (CDV) is a highly contagious virus that can cause outbreaks, specifically in crowding situations, such as an animal shelter, in which a large number of susceptible dogs are brought together.
Ashley Dantzler, Margaux Hujoel, Virginia Parkman, Ayana Wild, Suzanne Lenhart, Benjamin Levy, Rebecca Wilkes   +6 more
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Land birds on atolls: diversity, origin, and function

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Oceanic islands are global hotspots of avian biodiversity and endemism. Their isolation and distinct environmental conditions have uniquely shaped the evolutionary trajectories of island birds, while, in turn, land bird communities have become critical providers of ecological functions to island ecosystems.
Sebastian Steibl, Alex S. Wegmann, Nick D. Holmes, Caitlin E. Andrews, Gérard Rocamora, Simon Ducatez, James C. Russell   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Nocturnal activity as a useful indicator of adaptability of dogs in an animal shelter and after subsequent adoption. [PDF]

Sci Rep, 2023
van der Laan JE, Vinke CM, Arndt SS.
europepmc   +1 more source

When the Remedy Is Worse Than the Illness: Carbon Performance and Growth Opportunities Under the EU ETS

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines how the European Union Emissions Trading System allowance prices reshape the link between corporate environmental performance (CEP) and firms' growth expectations, measured by Tobin's Q. Using a panel of 1370 listed firms across 15 European countries from 2005 to 2024 and high‐dimensional fixed‐effects models, we first ...
Adrián Ferreras
wiley   +1 more source

Marge Thomas at Animal Shelter [PDF]

, 1980
Photograph of Marge Thomas at an animal shelter in Lawton ...

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Extending the Technology Acceptance Model to a Circular Economy Context: A Study of Hungary's REpont Deposit‐Refund System

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The aim of the study is to examine the public acceptance of the deposit‐refund system (DRS), introduced in the European Union, through an extended version of the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM). The research supplemented the classic constructs of TAM (behavioral intension, perceived usefulness, and perceived ease of use) with environmental ...
József Ráti, Zalán Márk Maró
wiley   +1 more source

Image of animal shelter, 2010. [PDF]

, 2010
Image of animal shelter made out of logs with rock post ...

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Financing Climate Action Through Fair Taxation: How SDG Engagement Reduces Corporate Tax Avoidance

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The transition to a low‐carbon economy, central to achieving Paris Agreement targets and Sustainable Development Goal 13 (Climate Action), requires unprecedented public and private investment. A significant climate financing gap persists, however, exacerbated by corporate practices that erode the public revenue base.
Ahmed Aboud, Niccolò Nirino, Panagiota Papadimitri, Michael Christofi   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Behavior and adoptability of hoarded cats admitted to an animal shelter. [PDF]

J Feline Med Surg, 2022
Jacobson LS, Ellis JJ, Janke KJ, Giacinti JA, Robertson JV.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source