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Impact of the Timing of Spay-Neuter Related to Transport on Disease Rates in Relocated Dogs
Animals, 2020 Companion animal relocation programs are an important method to address geographic and resource disparities in pet overpopulation through transport from areas with high homeless pet populations to areas with high adopter demand.
Erin Doyle +5 more
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Animals, 2018 Many shelters euthanize or restrict adoptions for dogs that exhibit food guarding while in the animal shelter. However, previous research showed that only half the dogs exhibiting food guarding during an assessment food guard in the home.
Heather Mohan-Gibbons +5 more
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Characterizing Pet Acquisition and Retention During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2021 In March 2020, Americans began experiencing numerous lifestyle changes due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Some reports have suggested that pet acquisition and ownership increased during this period, and some have suggested shelters and rescues will be ...
Christy L. Hoffman +2 more
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Children\u27s experiences of companion animal maltreatment in households characterized by intimate partner violence [PDF]
, 2015 Cruelty toward companion animals is a well-documented, coercive tactic used by abusive partners to intimidate and control their intimate partners. Experiences of co-occurring violence are common for children living in families with intimate partner ...
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Emergency Animal Boarding: A Social Return on Investment
Animals, 2023 Companion animals play a central role in many families and are especially valued by those who are socially isolated. Crisis situations such as acute hospitalizations, homelessness, and natural disasters can make it difficult to preserve the human–animal ...
Gemma C. Ma +2 more
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Utilitarianism and animal cruelty: Further doubts [PDF]
, 2016 Utilitarianism has an apparent pedigree when it comes to animal welfare. It supports the view that animal welfare matters just as much as human welfare. And many utilitarians support and oppose various practices in line with more mainstream concern over ...
Davies, Ben
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The sooner the better: The arguments for the use of Extended Welfare Assessment Grids in animal welfare cases [PDF]
, 2020 Animals are protected under national animal welfare legislation, against intentional acts of cruelty and a failure to act, resulting in neglect and causing an animal to suffer.
Dunn, Rachel
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Animals, 2013 Stray cats routinely enter animal welfare organizations each year and shelters are challenged with determining the level of human socialization these cats may possess as quickly as possible.
Margaret Slater +5 more
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The Cat Desexing Policies and Activities of Private Veterinary Practices in Queensland
Animals, 2020 Cats are prolific breeders, and if most cats were desexed prior to puberty, numbers of unwanted cats and kittens, and hence numbers entering shelters, would be expected to decline.
Mandy B A Paterson +3 more
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«Enemies of human beings» : Josep Ferrater Mora on blood fiestas [PDF]
, 2010 Ferrater Mora maintained that «an enemy of animals is another way of being an enemy of human beings», and similarly many famous thinkers from Aquinas to Kant have held that cruelty to animals leads to cruelty to humans.
Linzey, Andrew
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