Owner-Related Reasons Matter more than Behavioural Problems—A Study of Why Owners Relinquished Dogs and Cats to a Danish Animal Shelter from 1996 to 2017
Every year, dogs and cats are relinquished to animal shelters by their owners in large numbers. Reasons for relinquishment of dogs and cats to a large Danish shelter from 1996 to 2017 were obtained and characterised.<b> </b>The reasons were available for 86% of the owner-relinquished ani...
Main Authors: | Janne B. H. Jensen, Peter Sandøe, Søren Saxmose Nielsen |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2020-06-01
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Series: | Animals |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/10/6/1064 |
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