Dog Hospital » animal shelters http://www.dog-hospital.com Its all about dogs - we care for them Sat, 24 Dec 2011 07:25:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Why Do Pets End Up in Shelters? http://www.dog-hospital.com/dogs-in-the-news/why-do-pets-end-up-in-shelters.htm http://www.dog-hospital.com/dogs-in-the-news/why-do-pets-end-up-in-shelters.htm#comments Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:17:23 +0000 admin http://www.dog-hospital.com/?p=209 Every day in communities across Canada and the US, a bond is broken. It’s the bond between people and their pets, resulting in millions of pets being surrendered to shelters each year. And little has been known about the reasons why until now.

In a study conducted by the National Council on Pet Population Study and Policy (NCPPSP) and published in the Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science (JAAWS), researchers went into 12 selected animal shelters in the United States for one year to find out why.

The results of the study show that the top seven reasons for relinquishment for both dogs and cats are the same. “These commonalties suggest that there may be similar ways to address relinquishment in dogs and cats,” says Pam Burney, NCPPSP president. “For people who work in a shelter all day, there isn’t always time to look at these issues. We have impressions of what’s happening, but now we have objective data that will help us develop specific programs to address the issues that have been identified.”

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