Online Dog Sale Advertisements Indicate Popularity of Welfare-Compromised Breeds.

IF 1.4 3区农林科学 Q2 VETERINARY SCIENCES

Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science Pub Date : 2024-10-01 Epub Date: 2022-12-15 DOI:10.1080/10888705.2022.2147008

Elizabeth S Paul, Emily R Coombe, Vikki Neville

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Abstract

Kennel club registrations have been used in a number of studies to estimate ownership levels and fashion trends among dog breeds. They cannot, however, give a complete overview of the contemporary trade in pet dogs, and additionally, may be particularly poor at monitoring trends among some welfare-vulnerable breeds. Here, we compared data from online advertisements for the UK sales of single-breed dogs over an 18-month period, with equivalent data (including for prior and subsequent years) from the UK Kennel Club. Kennel Club registration rates and breed popularity rates online were positively correlated. However, some breeds, including the Jack Russell terrier, Border collie and Chihuahua were considerably over-represented in online advertisements when compared with Kennel Club registrations, indicating a hidden market for certain breeds. In addition, the online dataset provided information on the sale and re-homing of adult dogs, showing high rates of adult homing of the Staffordshire bull terrier, Siberian husky and Rottweiler. We conclude that online pet-sales websites are an important and complementary source of data about the market in, and popularity of, a wide range of dog breeds.

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网上售狗广告显示福利受损犬种受欢迎。

许多研究都使用了犬舍俱乐部的登记资料来估算狗的拥有量和各犬种的流行趋势。然而，这些数据并不能全面反映当代宠物狗的交易情况，而且在监测某些易受福利影响的犬种的趋势方面可能尤其欠缺。在此，我们将 18 个月内英国单一犬种销售的在线广告数据与英国犬业俱乐部的同等数据（包括之前和之后几年的数据）进行了比较。犬舍俱乐部的注册率和犬种在网上的受欢迎程度呈正相关。然而，包括杰克罗素梗、边境牧羊犬和吉娃娃在内的一些犬种在网上广告中的比例大大高于在犬业俱乐部注册的比例，这表明某些犬种存在隐性市场。此外，在线数据集还提供了成年犬的销售和转归信息，显示斯塔福德郡斗牛梗、西伯利亚哈士奇和罗威纳犬的成年转归率很高。我们的结论是，在线宠物销售网站是有关各种犬种的市场和受欢迎程度的重要补充数据来源。

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Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science 农林科学-兽医学

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3.90

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6.70%

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>36 weeks

期刊介绍： Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science (JAAWS) publishes articles on methods of experimentation, husbandry, and care that demonstrably enhance the welfare of nonhuman animals in various settings. For administrative purposes, manuscripts are categorized into the following four content areas: welfare issues arising in laboratory, farm, companion animal, and wildlife/zoo settings. Manuscripts of up to 7,000 words are accepted that present new empirical data or a reevaluation of available data, conceptual or theoretical analysis, or demonstrations relating to some issue of animal welfare science. JAAWS also publishes brief research reports of up to 3,500 words that consist of (1) pilot studies, (2) descriptions of innovative practices, (3) studies of interest to a particular region, or (4) studies done by scholars who are new to the field or new to academic publishing. In addition, JAAWS publishes book reviews and literature reviews by invitation only.