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Role of physical environment and green natural environment of pet-accompanying tourism sites in generating pet owners' life satisfaction
Contributor(s):: Quan, Wei, Kim, Seongseop, Baah, Nancy Grace, Jung, Heekyoung, Han, Heesup
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TikTok’s Falco tinnunculus: Getting to Know Urban Wildlife through Social Media
| Contributor(s):: Yin, Duo, Chen, Jiachun, Gao, Quan
Wildlife residing in cities has made encounters between humans and wild animals a common phenomenon. The perspective of the conflict-laden animal–human relationship has been over-emphasized by traditional media, which neglects the peaceful and harmonious daily encounters between residents...
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Letting the dogs out: the impact of team service dogs on brand image, perceived altruism, and behavioral intention
| Contributor(s):: Mastromartino, B., Wear, H., Naraine, M. L., Reifurth, K. R. N.
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“Let Me Take a Selfie”: Implications of Social Media for Public Perceptions of Wild Animals
| Contributor(s):: Lenzi, Christian, Speiran, Siobhan, Grasso, Chiara
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Instagram as a data source for sea turtle surveys in shipwrecks in Brazil
| Contributor(s):: Leitao, A. T. T. S., Alves, M. D. de O., Santos, J. C. P. dos, Bezerra, B.
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Impact of social media on dealing with petsEinfluss sozialer medien auf den umgang mit heimtieren
| Contributor(s):: Volker, G., Fels, M.
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Poor Welfare Indicators and Husbandry Practices at Lion (Panthera Leo) "Cub-Petting" Facilities: Evidence from Public YouTube Videos
| Contributor(s):: Chorney, S., DeFalco, A., Jacquet, J., LaFrance, C., Lary, M., Pirker, H., Franks, B.
There is growing concern about captive lion hunting and breeding operations in South Africa, including cub-petting tourism. For the first time, we assess the quality of cub-petting facilities and code the stress behaviors of lion cubs when handled by tourists by analyzing four stress-related...
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Wildlife Photos on Social Media: A Quantitative Content Analysis of Conservation Organisations’ Instagram Images
| Contributor(s):: Shaw, Meghan N., Borrie, William T., McLeod, Emily M., Miller, Kelly K.
Wildlife populations are vanishing at alarmingly high rates. This issue is being addressed by organisations around the world and when utilizing social media sites like Instagram, images are potentially more powerful than words at conveying crucial conservation messages and garnering public...
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Domestic Cat Ethology: Evaluating Social Media for Data Collection
| Contributor(s):: Patricia Casey
This study looked at whether user-submitted videos of cats could be used to increase understanding of their behavior. The findings suggest that the behaviors observed were consistent with prior research, and contain typical cat behavior. Depending on the research question, user-submitted videos...
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Canid vs. Canid: Insights into Coyote-Dog Encounters from Social Media
| Contributor(s):: Erin E. Boydston, Eric S. Abelson, Ari Kazanjian, Daniel T. Blumstein
While the relationship between coyotes (Canis latrans) and house cats (Felis catus) may be characterized as one between predators and their prey, coyote interactions with domestic dogs (C. lupus familiaris) appear to be more varied and may include behaviors associated with canid sociality....
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Human Positioning in Close-Encounter Photographs and the Effect on Public Perceptions of Zoo Animals
| Contributor(s):: Shaw, M. N., McLeod, E. M., Borrie, W. T., Miller, K. K.
With the rising popularity of social media, conservation organisations and zoos need to understand its impact on public perceptions of the animals they house and their role in conservation. In addition, many zoos offer close-encounter experiences, and visitors frequently share images from these...
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Animal-human two-shot images: Their out-of-context interpretation and the implications for zoo and conservation settings
| Contributor(s):: Spooner, Sarah Louise, Stride, Jessica Rachael
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Dreaming about dogs: an online survey
| Contributor(s):: Schredl, M., Bailer, C., Weigel, M. S., Welt, M. S.
Dogs have been close human companions for millennia and one would expect—according to the continuity hypothesis of dreaming—that dogs are also quite common in dreams. Previous studies showed that the percentages of dreams that include dogs range from about 1.5% to 5%, but studies...
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Endangered Exotic Pets on Social Media in the Middle East: Presence and Impact
| Contributor(s):: Leonarda B. Spee, Susan J. Hazel, Eleonora Dal Grande, Wayne S.J. Boardman, Anne-Lise Chaber
The popularization of exotic pets on celebrity social media in the Middle East has led to questionable impacts on exotic pet demand and threats to species conservation. The objective of this study was to identify exotic animal species featured on Middle Eastern celebrity social media account...
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A Commentary about Lessons Learned: Transitioning a Therapy Dog Program Online during the COVID-19 Pandemic
| Contributor(s):: Dell, C., Williamson, L., McKenzie, H., Carey, B., Cruz, M., Gibson, M., Pavelich, A.
In 2015, the University of Saskatchewan PAWS Your Stress Therapy Dog program partnered with St. John Ambulance for therapy dog teams to visit our campus and offer attendees love, comfort and support. We recognized at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic that students, staff and faculty may...
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Online support networks: the kindness of pet-loving strangers
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Comparing Social Media Observations of Animals During a Solar Eclipse to Published Research
| Contributor(s):: Robert Ritson, Dustin H. Ranglack, Nate Bickford
A wide variety of environmental stimuli can influence the behavior of animals including temperature, weather, light, lunar and seasonal cycles, seismic activity, as well as other perturbations to their circadian rhythm. Solar eclipses offer a unique opportunity to evaluate the relative...
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Personality Profiles of Users Sharing Animal-related Content on Social Media
| Contributor(s):: Hagan, Courtney, Carpenter, Jordan, Ungar, Lyle, Preotiuc-Pietro, Daniel
Animal preferences are thought to be linked with more salient psychological traits of people, and most research examining owner personality as a differentiating factor has obtained mixed results. The rise in usage of social networks offers users a new medium in which they can broadcast their...
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Therapy Dogs in Academic Libraries: A Way to Foster Student Engagement and Mitigate Self-Reported Stress during Finals
| Contributor(s):: Jalongo, Mary Renck, McDevitt, Theresa
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Jul 10 2016
Animaladies
Call for PapersCase studies that show how particular human/animal relationships are pathologised (and their effects)Keynote: Lori Gruen, Professor of Philosophy, Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality...
https://habricentral.org/events/details/425
