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Why did you choose this pet?: Adopters and pet selection preferences in five animal shelters in the United States

By E. Weiss, K. Miller, H. Mohan-Gibbons, C. Vela

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Category Journal Articles
Date 2012
Publication Title Animals
Volume 2
Issue 2
Pages 144-159
ISBN/ISSN 2076-2615
DOI 10.3390/ani2020144
Language English
Author Address Shelter Research and Development, Community Outreach, American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCAReg.), 424 E. 92nd St., New York, NY 10128, USA. emily.weiss@aspca.org katherine.miller@aspca.org heather.mohan-gibbons@aspca.org ci_vela@yahoo.com weiss@aspca.org
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  1. Adoption
  2. Animal behavior
  3. Animal health and hygiene
  4. Animals
  5. APEC countries
  6. Attitudes
  7. Behavior and behavior mechanisms
  8. Canidae
  9. Canine
  10. Carnivores
  11. Cats
  12. Developed countries
  13. Dogs
  14. Employees
  15. Human behavior
  16. Humans
  17. Kennels
  18. Mammals
  19. Men
  20. North America
  21. OECD countries
  22. peer-reviewed
  23. Personality
  24. personnel
  25. Pets and companion animals
  26. Primates
  27. Social behavior
  28. Social psychology and social anthropology
  29. staff
  30. surveys
  31. training
  32. United States of America
  33. vertebrates
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