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Animal Shelter Emotion Management
Sociology, 2010Based on participant observation this article investigates the role and function of emotion management in an animal shelter. Disavowing traditional approaches which confirm the epistemic privilege of researchers, this article instead, takes the in situ, performative aspect of emotion displays as its evidence base.
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2015
American animal shelters house between six and eight million dogs and cats each year. The question of what to do with millions of healthy but unwanted animals has animated sheltering from the start. Responses reveal how the presence of animals in society shapes institutions, laws, and policies.
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American animal shelters house between six and eight million dogs and cats each year. The question of what to do with millions of healthy but unwanted animals has animated sheltering from the start. Responses reveal how the presence of animals in society shapes institutions, laws, and policies.
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Teaching Veterinary Students Using Shelter Animals
Journal of Veterinary Medical Education, 2008Veterinary teaching hospitals (VTHs) are experiencing case-load trends that have negatively affected efforts to prepare students for entry-level veterinary practice, particularly in the area of technical skills training. This article examines the clinical training available to veterinary students through a variety of collaborative shelter models ...
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Companion Animal Adoption in Shelters
2023Abstract An important goal of animal shelters is to find adopters for animals in need of a home. Traditionally, shelters have applied strict criteria that screened out applicants. Increasingly, however, shelters are moving toward a so-called open adoption approach, which engages would-be adopters in a conversation to match them with a ...
Valéry Giroux, Kristin Voigt
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Shelter design and flow of animals through a shelter
2018The appropriate design of a shelter is fundamental to optimizing the physical and psychological health and welfare of shelter animals. Each shelter will have individual considerations relating to its specific circumstances, and there are many design options. This chapter outlines the principles that should be incorporated into each individual design.
Paula Boyden, Lisa Morrow
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Shelter Animal Management and Trends in Taiwan
Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science, 2012Trends in the number of dogs entering and departing Taiwan public shelters are analyzed in this article. There were 40 public shelters surveyed from 2000 to 2005 for dog entries and departures. The results indicate that (a) adoption rates and relinquished animal numbers increased, and euthanasia rates decreased at the beginning of the study, but they ...
Shawn Jen-Lung, Peng +2 more
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Give me shelter: the state of animal sheltering in Kentucky’s county shelter system
Contemporary Justice Review, 2016AbstractThe Commonwealth of Kentucky Animal Control and Advisory Board estimates that in 2012, approximately 285,000 dogs and cats entered the shelter system, but only 15% were retrieved by owners or adopted to a new home. While some shelters incorporate adoption, fostering, and low-cost spay and neuter programs, many shelters euthanize the majority of
Jennifer B. Sinski, Patricia Gagné
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Shelter Animals in Laboratory Experimentation
2017Companion animals, including shelter cats and dogs, are used in laboratory experimentation every day. The scenarios for what these animals endure in the name of science would be considered criminal in the USA and most countries, yet is exempt from animal anti-cruelty laws and condoned by governments worldwide. This chapter delves into government-funded
Allie Phillips, Anthony Bellotti
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Skin diseases in shelter animals
2018Skin disease is common in cats and dogs, and can be a reason for relinquishment, abandonment, or even consideration for euthanasia. However, many dermatological conditions are very amenable to diagnosis and effective treatment within the shelter without marked expense.
Nathalie Dowgray, Steve Shaw
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The Climate Inside Animal Shelters
1979Any body, even if placed inside a building, is affected to a more or less considerable extent by the meteorological factors of the external environment. The animals who live in shelters, themselves part of the house, the barn, or built separately, constitute no exception to this rule.
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