Owners, guardians, and owner-guardians: Differing relationships with pets

Anthrozoos

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 225-242

  Carlisle Frank, Pamela ^a   Frank, Joshua M ^b  

^a Foundation for the Interdisciplinary Research and Education Promoting Animal Welfare (FIREPAW Inc)   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Behaviors; Beliefs; Companion animals; Guardians; Pet owners

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33845490679     PISSN: 08927936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2752/089279306785415574     Document Type: Article

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