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JAVMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
卷 230, 期 12, 页码 1835-1840出版社
AMER VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOC
DOI: 10.2460/javma.230.12.1835
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Objective - To characterize the process by which people who find lost pets search for the owners. Design-Cross-sectional study. Sample Population - 188 individuals who found a lost pet in Dayton, Ohio, between March 1 and June 30, 2006. Procedures - Potential participants were identified as a result of contact with a local animal agency or placement of an advertisement in the local newspaper. A telephone survey was conducted to identify methods participants used to find the pets' owners. Results - 156 of 188 (83%) individuals completed the survey. Fifty-nine of the 156 (38%) pets were reunited with their owners- median time to reunification was 2 days (range, 0.5 to 45 days). Only 1 (3%) cat owner;as found, compared with 58 (46%) dog owners. Pet owners were found as a result of information provided by an animal agency (25%), placement of a newspaper advertisement (24%), walking the neighborhood (19%), signs in the neighborhood (15%), information on a pet tag (10%), and other methods (7%). Most finders (87%) considered it extremely important to find the owner, yet only 13 (8%) initially surrendered the found pet to an animal agency. The primary reason people did not surrender found pets was fear of euthanasia (57%). Only 97 (62%) individuals were aware they could run a found-pet advertisement in the newspaper at no charge, and only 1 person who was unaware of the no-charge policy placed an advertisement. Conclusions and Clinical Relevance - Veterinarians and shelters can help educate people who find lost pets about methods to search for the pets' owners.
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