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Funding Strategies for Nonprofit Animal Shelter Leaders [PDF]
, 2021 Nonprofit animal shelters provide vital services to the community and improve the overall well-being of animals. Many animal shelters, however, face the challenge of insufficient funding.
Reeder, Destiny
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Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.Inspired by the Mexican jumping bean, this study presents a centimeter‐scale, electronics‐free robot that merges principles from both the animal and plant kingdoms. A thermo‐responsive actuator mimicking larval motion, enclosed within a uniquely shaped plant‐seed‐inspired shell, generates jumping, rolling, flipping, sliding, and climbing through ...
Ragesh Chellattoan +3 more
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McPaws Regional Animal Shelter Folder [PDF]
, 1998 45 pages of subject files containing and related to McPaws Regional Animal ...
Animal Shelter; Berman, Robert; Conley, Linda; Crookshanks, Amy; Kostoff, Amber; Rood, Melissa; Weida, Betty;
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The rain feels different under the same umbrella: Experiences with poverty across LGBTQ subgroups
American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract Population‐based survey data have demonstrated that LGBTQ communities report varying rates of economic insecurity, yet very little research directly assesses how pathways into and experiences with poverty look different among subgroups at the intersections of sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI).
Bianca D. M. Wilson, Lillian Nguyen
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Will a hiding box provide stress reduction for shelter cats? [PDF]
, 2014 Domestic cats (Felis sylvestris catus) can experience serious stress in shelters. Stressful experiences can have a major impact on the cats’ welfare and may cause higher incidences of infectious diseases in the shelters due to raised cortisol levels ...
Sub Gedragskliniek +10 more
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The Mississippi State University College of Veterinary Medicine Shelter Program
Animals, 2015 The shelter program at the Mississippi State University College of Veterinary Medicine provides veterinary students with extensive experience in shelter animal care including spay/neuter, basic wellness care, diagnostics, medical management, disease ...
Philip Bushby +2 more
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Evaluating the effects of a temporary fostering program on shelter dog welfare [PDF]
PeerJ, 2019 One of the greatest stressors for dogs living in animal shelters is social isolation. Many studies have demonstrated that human interaction reduces cortisol in shelter dogs, with the possibility that longer periods of interaction may yield greater ...
Lisa M. Gunter +3 more
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Challenging and Reinforcing the Ability/Disability System through Advocacy for Disabled Dogs
Disability Studies Quarterly, 2023 This paper illuminates how volunteers and animal rescuers who assist dogs from a high-intake public shelter in the Los Angeles metropolitan area simultaneously resist the devaluation of the lives of disabled dogs while sensationalizing and fetishizing ...
Katja M. Guenther
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Understanding the Motivations of Foster Caregivers at Animal Shelters
Animals, 2023 Foster care programs in animal shelters have been shown to benefit animals and shelters, but little is known about what motivates foster caregivers to volunteer. This cross-sectional study explored the motivations and expectations of 131 foster caregivers from five shelters within the United States who completed a pre-foster survey between March 2022 ...
Roxy Ackerman +4 more
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The psychosocial toll of Dublin III on asylum seekers in the Netherlands
American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract The Dublin III Regulation determines which EU Member State is responsible for examining asylum claims, but its implementation carries significant consequences for those subjected to it. This study examines how Dublin III, as implemented in the Netherlands, affects asylum seekers' psychosocial wellbeing using Silove′s Adaptation and Development
Imen El Amouri
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