Semi-ownership and sterilisation of cats and dogs in Thailand

Animals

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 611-627

  Toukhsati, Samia R ^a   Phillips, Clive J C ^b   Podberscek, Anthony L ^c   Coleman, Grahame J ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Beliefs; Culture; Religion; Semi ownership; Sterilise; Stray companion animal; Thailand

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877345613     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20762615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ani2040611     Document Type: Article

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