Behavioral responses of shelter-housed dogs to management and legislative considerations

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Výsledek na webu

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Behavioral responses of shelter-housed dogs to management and legislative considerations

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Shelters are facilities used to temporarily house stray and abandoned dogs, while they are waiting to be adopted or returned to the owner. In Italy, the law defines the minimum structural requirements that these structures should have but does not include specifications related to the environmental enrichment and interactions with humans. A dog is a social animal, thus contact with people and with other dogs plays an important role. Furthermore, the environmental enrichment is useful to guarantee the comfort of dogs confined in the kennel. This study examined the behavior of sheltered dogs in response to an environmental change and the length of their stay in the shelter. Legislative considerations are also given. The behavior of sixty dogs sheltered in three Sicilian shelters, with varying structural requisites and different management, was recorded over a 6-h period (twice daily). It was observed that all significant behavioral alterations (i.e. anxiety, low level of sociability, etc.) were related to the length of the shelter stay and the dogs&apos; age on entry. A shelter stay lasting over two years rendered the animals unsuitable for adoption. There were few interactions with humans, which explained the lack of sociability in dogs observed.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Behavioral responses of shelter-housed dogs to management and legislative considerations

Popis výsledku anglicky

Shelters are facilities used to temporarily house stray and abandoned dogs, while they are waiting to be adopted or returned to the owner. In Italy, the law defines the minimum structural requirements that these structures should have but does not include specifications related to the environmental enrichment and interactions with humans. A dog is a social animal, thus contact with people and with other dogs plays an important role. Furthermore, the environmental enrichment is useful to guarantee the comfort of dogs confined in the kennel. This study examined the behavior of sheltered dogs in response to an environmental change and the length of their stay in the shelter. Legislative considerations are also given. The behavior of sixty dogs sheltered in three Sicilian shelters, with varying structural requisites and different management, was recorded over a 6-h period (twice daily). It was observed that all significant behavioral alterations (i.e. anxiety, low level of sociability, etc.) were related to the length of the shelter stay and the dogs&apos; age on entry. A shelter stay lasting over two years rendered the animals unsuitable for adoption. There were few interactions with humans, which explained the lack of sociability in dogs observed.

Druh

D - Stať ve sborníku

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

40301 - Veterinary science

Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2022

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název statě ve sborníku

Ochrana zvířat a welfare 2022: Sborník příspěvků

ISBN

978-80-7305-872-2

ISSN

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e-ISSN

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Počet stran výsledku

14

Strana od-do

124-137

Název nakladatele

Veterinární univerzita Brno

Místo vydání

Brno

Místo konání akce

Brno

Datum konání akce

20. 10. 2022

Typ akce podle státní příslušnosti

EUR - Evropská akce

Kód UT WoS článku

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