Causes of relinquishing the dogs adopted from animal shelters in Taiwan

Thai Journal of Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 113-116

  Fuh, Ying Bin ^a   Tung, Meng Chih ^b   Tung, Kwong Chung ^b   Chiang, Jeng Tung ^c   Fei, Chang Young ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Abandonment; Adoption; Animal shelter; Relinquishing; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 84861898008     PISSN: 01256491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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