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Broken Bonds: Understanding the Experience of Pet Relinquishment

  • Sharkin B
  • Ruff L
Springer New York, (2011), 275-287
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-9761-6_16
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Abstract

Every year in the United States, thousands of pets (namely dogs and cats) are relinquished to animal shelters. Although there are a multitude of reasons why people relinquish their pets, the recent economic downturn and rising number of home foreclosures are likely...

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Sharkin, B. S., & Ruff, L. A. (2011). Broken Bonds: Understanding the Experience of Pet Relinquishment. In The Psychology of the Human-Animal Bond (pp. 275–287). Springer New York. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9761-6_16

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