TY - JOUR
T1 - Care of Dogs and Attitudes of Dog Owners in Port-au-Prince, the Republic of Haiti
AU - Fielding, William J.
AU - Gall, Melanie
AU - Green, Dick
AU - Eller, Warren S.
N1 - Funding Information:
We are grateful for the assistance of Dr. Jean Thomas, Country Coordinator, Animal Relief Coalition of Haiti, Petionville, Haiti, and Dr. Max Millien, Director of Animal Health, MARNDR de l’Agriculture, des Resources Naturelles et du Développement Rural), Port-au-Prince, Haiti, for their assistance in this research project. This project was funded by the Animal Relief Coalition for Haiti under the leadership of Dick Green. The other authors received no payment for their contribution to this project.
PY - 2012/7
Y1 - 2012/7
N2 - This article reports the first known study on dogs in Port-au-Prince. Interviews with 1,290 residents provided information on 1,804 dogs. More than 57.7% of homes kept dogs. Not all the dogs received vaccinations for rabies (41.6%), even though 28.2% of households had had a household member bitten by a dog. Although the "owned" dog population had decreased as a result of the earthquake in January 2010, the number of roaming dogs appeared to have been uninfluenced by the disaster. Given that 64.8% of dogs probably had access to the street and only 6.0% of the females were spayed, to humanely contain the dog population will require both confinement and neutering. Although roaming dogs were considered a nuisance by 63.3% of respondents, 42.6% of households fed dogs they did not own.
AB - This article reports the first known study on dogs in Port-au-Prince. Interviews with 1,290 residents provided information on 1,804 dogs. More than 57.7% of homes kept dogs. Not all the dogs received vaccinations for rabies (41.6%), even though 28.2% of households had had a household member bitten by a dog. Although the "owned" dog population had decreased as a result of the earthquake in January 2010, the number of roaming dogs appeared to have been uninfluenced by the disaster. Given that 64.8% of dogs probably had access to the street and only 6.0% of the females were spayed, to humanely contain the dog population will require both confinement and neutering. Although roaming dogs were considered a nuisance by 63.3% of respondents, 42.6% of households fed dogs they did not own.
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U2 - 10.1080/10888705.2012.683760
DO - 10.1080/10888705.2012.683760
M3 - Article
C2 - 22742200
AN - SCOPUS:84863535593
SN - 1088-8705
VL - 15
SP - 236
EP - 253
JO - Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
JF - Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
IS - 3
ER -