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A Study on the Views and Thoughts of Dog Owners in Türkiye on Animal Welfare
I Seker1, A Kösemann2, Ö Erten3
1Fırat University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Zootechny, Elazığ, Türkiye.
Introduction:
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.
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