A Study on the Views and Thoughts of Dog Owners in Türkiye on Animal Welfare
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.
Authors
- Ömer Erten (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0075-1149)
- Arda Özen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6829-607X)
- İbrahim ŞEKER (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3114-6411)
- A Kösemann
Institutions
- Fırat University (TR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Schweizer Archiv für Tierheilkunde
- Published
- 2024-09-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.17236/sat00434
- Primary Topic
- Human-Animal Interaction Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00