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A Study on the Views and Thoughts of Dog Owners in Türkiye on Animal Welfare

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: INTRODUCTION: The aim of the present study was to determine the views and thoughts of dog owners in Türkiye on animal welfare. The research material consisted of data obtained from face-to-face surveys with 172 randomly selected dog owners. Half of the dog owners (54,7 %) were aware of the concept of animal welfare, and almost two-thirds (61,6 %) organized their dogs' living spaces according to animal welfare principles. Participants most associated the concept of animal welfare with the concept of animal quality of life (47,7 %). Gender (p.

Source: Schweizer Archiv für Tierheilkunde

DOI: 10.17236/sat00434

Authors: I. Seker, A. Kösemann, Ö. Erten, A. Özen

Institutions: Fırat University, Malatya Turgut Özal Üniversitesi, Turgut Özal University, Erzincan Binali Yıldırım University

Language: English

Topic: Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies

Subfield: Small Animals

Field: Veterinary

Domain: Health Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W4402922293

FWCI: 0.993

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