Animal welfare volunteers: Who are they and why do they do what they do?

Anthrozoos

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 351-364

  Neumann, Sandra L ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Motivation; Pets; Shelters; Volunteers

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; ASSESSMENT METHOD; DEMOGRAPHY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SHELTER; VOLUNTARY APPROACH;

ANIMALIA; SALVIA SCLAREA;

EID: 78049477314     PISSN: 08927936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2752/175303710X12750451259372     Document Type: Article

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