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Preliminary Investigation of Food Guarding Behavior in Shelter Dogs in the United States [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Even though food guarding is an adaptive trait for dogs, they are often euthanized when they exhibit this behavior while at an animal shelter. This research demonstrates some dogs that guard their food can be adopted and guarding is seldom seen in the ...
Emily Weiss   +2 more
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Increasing adoption rates at animal shelters: a two-phase approach to predict length of stay and optimal shelter allocation

open access: yesBMC Veterinary Research, 2021
Background Among the 6–8 million animals that enter the rescue shelters every year, nearly 3–4 million (i.e., 50% of the incoming animals) are euthanized, and 10–25% of them are put to death specifically because of shelter overcrowding each year.
Janae Bradley, Suchithra Rajendran
doaj   +1 more source

Exploring the Domestication Syndrome Hypothesis in Dogs: Pigmentation Does Not Predict Cortisol Levels

open access: yesAnimals, 2023
Previous research has found connections between pigmentation, behavior, and the physiological stress response in both wild and domestic animals; however, to date, no extensive research has been devoted to answering these questions in domestic dogs ...
JoAnna M. Platzer   +2 more
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Should Dogs and Cats be Given as Gifts? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Policies that state pets should not be adopted as gifts are prevalent at animal welfare organizations, despite the fact that this belief is unfounded. Denying adopters who intend to give the animals as gifts may unnecessarily impede the overarching goal ...
Emily D. Dolan   +4 more
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Animal Shelter, Vaccination and Welfare

open access: yesInternational Journal of Scientific Research in Computer Science, Engineering and Information Technology, 2021
This analysis shows stray or ownerless, free- roaming animals, and particularly, cats, still be a social group challenge. additionally, to vital health and welfare issues of the animals themselves, there square measure public health and safety issues with free-roaming animals, and key environmental issues, as well as wild and animate being predation by
Nilkanth Pant   +5 more
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Effects of a Geographically-Targeted Intervention and Creative Outreach to Reduce Shelter Intake in Portland, Oregon [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Animal shelters focus much of their efforts towards decreasing euthanasia and one of the best ways to reduce euthanasia risk may be to prevent cats and dogs from ever entering a shelter.
Emily Weiss   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Perception versus Policy: Which Is More Important to Animal Welfare Volunteer Satisfaction?

open access: yesAnimals, 2023
There is a large body of work spanning decades examining the factors that lead to volunteer satisfaction. Much of this work has employed self-administered surveys to gather volunteers’ opinions or perceptions of factors important for satisfaction which ...
Laura Ann Reese
doaj   +1 more source

Clinically Prepared Veterinary Students: Enhancing Veterinary Student Hands-on Experiences and Supporting Hospital Caseload Using Shelter Medicine Program

open access: yesFrontiers in Veterinary Science, 2018
Referral-level medicine is important in the veterinary curriculum, however veterinary students also need a solid base knowledge of clinically relevant, routine surgical and diagnostic skills to be clinically prepared after graduation.
Jacob M. Shivley   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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