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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
core   +2 more sources

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
doaj   +1 more source

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

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
openaire   +1 more source

The Changing Rate of Suspected Rabies Bites after Begin to Act Animal Shelter in Erzurum City

open access: yesEurasian Journal of Medicine, 2019
Objective: We aimed to evaluate the relationship between establishing an animal shelter in Erzurum and the number of suspected rabies bites between the years 2005 and 2012.
Serhat Vancelik   +4 more
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

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

Feline infectious peritonitis: role of the feline coronavirus 3c gene in intestinal tropism and pathogenicity based upon isolates from resident and adopted shelter cats. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Feline infectious peritonitis virus (FIPV) was presumed to arise from mutations in the 3c of a ubiquitous and largely nonpathogenic feline enteric coronavirus (FECV).
Golovko, Lyudmila   +6 more
core   +1 more source

Opinions of UK rescue shelter and rehoming center workers on the problems facing their industry [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Animal shelters exist worldwide to care for and rehome unwanted or straying pets. Previous studies have examined why owners breed unwanted animals, or relinquish their pets to shelters.
AVMA   +11 more
core   +1 more source

Factors that Influence Intake to One Municipal Animal Control Facility in Florida: A Qualitative Study

open access: yesAnimals, 2017
This qualitative study identified a study area by visualizing one year of animal intake from a municipal animal shelter on geographic information systems (GIS) maps to select an area of high stray-dog intake to investigate.
Terry Spencer   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

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