What happens to shelter dogs? Part 2. Comparing three Melbourne welfare shelters for nonhuman animals

Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 25-45

  Marston, Linda C ^a   Bennett, Pauleen C ^a   Coleman, Grahame J ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CARE; ANIMAL EUTHANASIA; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMAL WELLBEING; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOG; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLICY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RURAL POPULATION; TIME; URBANIZATION;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; DOGS; EUTHANASIA, ANIMAL; FEMALE; MALE; RURAL POPULATION; TIME FACTORS; URBANIZATION;

EID: 23844451108     PISSN: 10888705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327604jaws0801_3     Document Type: Article

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