f9894c49454fa32995d8560def089328 animals_a2015v5p426.pdf 9a44df2a3951d7aa9a42c2d750c14483f2982468 animals_a2015v5p426.pdf 0536728216114d4dddd0790789d5722eb46543ea12528a7ec823dfcccd2fb2a3 animals_a2015v5p426.pdf Title: Epidemiology of Dog and Cat Abandonment in Spain (2008–2013) Subject: Millions of pets are abandoned worldwide every year, which is an important animal welfare and financial problem. This paper was divided into three studies. Our first two studies were designed as a national survey of animal shelters to profile the population of stray dogs and cats, as well as to gather information on both relinquishment and adoption. The aim of our third study was to test the impact of identification on the recovery of dogs entering animal shelters. Studies one and two indicate that more than 100,000 dogs and more than 30,000 cats enter animal shelters annually in Spain. We observed a seasonal effect in the number of admissions in cats. Two-thirds of dogs and cats entering shelters were found as strays, while the rest were relinquished directly to the shelter. Most pets admitted to animal shelters were adult, non-purebred, and without a microchip, with the majority of dogs being medium sized. Adult dogs spent significantly more time in shelters than puppies. While most animals were either adopted or recovered by their owner, a considerable percentage remained at the shelter or was euthanized. The identification of dogs with a microchip increased by 3-fold the likelihood of them being returned to the owner. Keywords: "dogs; cats; abandonment; animal shelter; identification" Author: Jaume Fatjó, Jonathan Bowen, Elena García, Paula Calvo, Silvia Rueda, Silvia Amblás and Jaume F. Lalanza Creator: LaTeX with hyperref package Producer: pdfTeX-1.40.15 CreationDate: Fri Jun 12 12:04:07 2015 ModDate: Wed Feb 10 15:59:49 2016 Tagged: no Pages: 16 Encrypted: no Page size: 595.276 x 841.89 pts (A4) File size: 692080 bytes Optimized: yes PDF version: 1.5 name type emb sub uni object ID ------------------------------------ ----------------- --- --- --- --------- ZMXQOM+CMBX8 Type 1 yes yes no 426 0 RTKTVU+CMMIB8 Type 1 yes yes no 429 0 VBNESA+SFBX0800 Type 1 yes yes no 433 0 QLZZSQ+CMR8 Type 1 yes yes no 436 0 PNXJKN+SFRM0800 Type 1 yes yes no 439 0 KBNBMN+NimbusRomNo9L-ReguItal Type 1 yes yes no 443 0 WWCNBK+NimbusRomNo9L-Medi Type 1 yes yes no 446 0 AAOHXC+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu Type 1 yes yes no 449 0 KSRATK+NimbusRomNo9L-MediItal Type 1 yes yes no 452 0 GFAWRG+CMSY10 Type 1 yes yes no 270 0 TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT TrueType no no no 130 0 AGAKGK+TimesNewRomanPSMT TrueType yes yes no 132 0 TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT TrueType no no no 134 0 TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT TrueType no no no 142 0 AGAKGK+TimesNewRomanPSMT TrueType yes yes no 144 0 TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT TrueType no no no 146 0 TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT TrueType no no no 158 0 AGAKGK+TimesNewRomanPSMT TrueType yes yes no 160 0 TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT TrueType no no no 162 0 TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT TrueType no no no 170 0 AGAKGK+TimesNewRomanPSMT TrueType yes yes no 172 0 TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT TrueType no no no 174 0 TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT TrueType no no no 182 0 AGAKGK+TimesNewRomanPSMT TrueType yes yes no 184 0 TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT TrueType no no no 186 0 DXMGGH+EURM7 Type 1 yes yes no 271 0 BYXUKI+EURM10 Type 1 yes yes no 272 0 TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT TrueType no no no 226 0 AGAKGK+TimesNewRomanPSMT TrueType yes yes no 228 0 TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT TrueType no no no 230 0 TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT TrueType no no no 239 0 AGAKGK+TimesNewRomanPSMT TrueType yes yes no 241 0 TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT TrueType no no no 243 0 Jhove (Rel. 1.6, 2011-01-04) Date: 2016-02-12 07:37:12 GMT+01:00 RepresentationInformation: animals_a2015v5p426.pdf ReportingModule: BYTESTREAM, Rel. 1.3 (2007-04-10) LastModified: 2016-02-10 16:00:30 GMT+01:00 Size: 692080 Format: bytestream Status: Well-Formed and valid SignatureMatches: PDF-hul MIMEtype: application/octet-stream Checksum: d9eaea7c Type: CRC32 Checksum: f9894c49454fa32995d8560def089328 Type: MD5 Checksum: 9a44df2a3951d7aa9a42c2d750c14483f2982468 Type: SHA-1