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Characterizing unsuccessful animal adoptions: age and breed predict the likelihood of return, reasons for return and post-return outcomes

A considerable number of adopted animals are returned to animal shelters post-adoption which can be stressful for both the animal and the owner. In this retrospective analysis of 23,932 animal records from a US shelter, we identified animal characteristics associated with the likelihood of return, k...

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Autores principales: Powell, Lauren, Reinhard, Chelsea, Satriale, Donya, Morris, Margaret, Serpell, James, Watson, Brittany
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8044234/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33850258
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-87649-2