AnthrozoosPub Date : 1998-09-01DOI: 10.2752/089279398787000706
Lynette A Hart (Geyer), T. Takayanagi, Chizuko Yamaguchi
{"title":"Dogs and Cats in Animal Shelters in Japan","authors":"Lynette A Hart (Geyer), T. Takayanagi, Chizuko Yamaguchi","doi":"10.2752/089279398787000706","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2752/089279398787000706","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACTAlthough there are proportionately fewer pet owners in Japan than in the United States, the keeping of indigenous Japanese dog breeds, along with those common in Europe and North America, is long-established. Japan has a centralized governmental network of animal shelters, which permits accurate record-keeping of the numbers of dogs and cats admitted, reclaimed, and euthanized. Although in the United States an accurate census is not simple to accomplish because a variety of humane societies and animal control agencies admit homeless dogs and cats, some cultural comparisons are possible.Despite recent increases in petkeeping in Japan, the numbers of dogs admitted to shelters have decreased from 345,136 dogs in 1984 to 243, 753 dogs in 1994. The numbers euthanized show similar declines, from 331,442 in 1984 to 219,831 in 1994. In the city of Tokyo, kittens account for the majority of the animals admitted: 34,745 kittens (55%) of a total of 62,803 dogs and cats in 1980; 12,805 kittens (61%) of a tota...","PeriodicalId":50748,"journal":{"name":"Anthrozoos","volume":"11 1","pages":"157-163"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"1998-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.2752/089279398787000706","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69262381","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AnthrozoosPub Date : 1998-09-01DOI: 10.2752/089279398787000616
A. Hills, Nathan M. Lalich
{"title":"Judgments of Cruelty Toward Animals: Sex Differences and Effect of Awareness of Suffering","authors":"A. Hills, Nathan M. Lalich","doi":"10.2752/089279398787000616","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2752/089279398787000616","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACTThere is widespread agreement that cruelty toward animals is unacceptable (Hills 1994). Less clear is how people understand and make judgments about cruelty. A question of theoretical and practical importance is whether people judge the cruelty of what happens independently of the cruelty of the person responsible. In this study, 501 male and female business students read a scenario depicting suffering caused to an animal. The person responsible was aware of and indifferent to causing suffering in one version of the scenario, but unaware and subsequently distressed in another version. The dependant variables were participant ratings of: (a) the cruelty of what happened; (b) the cruelty of the person responsible; (c) how angry, and (d) how sad they felt on reading the scenario. Sex of participant main effects occurred for all four variables. A main effect of awareness for cruelty of the person, but not for cruelty of what happened, supported the independence of the two cruelty judgments. However, a...","PeriodicalId":50748,"journal":{"name":"Anthrozoos","volume":"11 1","pages":"142-147"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"1998-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.2752/089279398787000616","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69262171","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AnthrozoosPub Date : 1998-09-01DOI: 10.2752/089279398787000670
Margot D. Lasher
{"title":"A Relational Approach to the Human-Animal Bond","authors":"Margot D. Lasher","doi":"10.2752/089279398787000670","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2752/089279398787000670","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACTThe human-animal bond is an example of the importance of connections between living beings in general. In a relational model, inner growth throughout the life span takes place in the context of connections. The primary mode of communication between human and animal is attunement, the mutual picking up of, and responding to, the subjective state of another creature. Human-animal relationships provide safe, responsive settings for inner growth.","PeriodicalId":50748,"journal":{"name":"Anthrozoos","volume":"11 1","pages":"130-133"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"1998-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.2752/089279398787000670","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69262358","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AnthrozoosPub Date : 1998-06-01DOI: 10.2752/089279398787000724
A. Miura, H. Tanida, J. Bradshaw
{"title":"Provision of Service Dogs for People With Mobility Disabilities","authors":"A. Miura, H. Tanida, J. Bradshaw","doi":"10.2752/089279398787000724","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2752/089279398787000724","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50748,"journal":{"name":"Anthrozoos","volume":"11 1","pages":"105-108"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"1998-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.2752/089279398787000724","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69262391","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AnthrozoosPub Date : 1998-06-01DOI: 10.2752/089279398787000805
D. W. Rajecki, J. L. Rasmussen, S. Modlin, Angela M. Holder
{"title":"Dog Bites Boy: Judgments of Blame and Shame","authors":"D. W. Rajecki, J. L. Rasmussen, S. Modlin, Angela M. Holder","doi":"10.2752/089279398787000805","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2752/089279398787000805","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACTSeparate samples of undergraduates read matched stories about a dog or a boy actor biting a child; others read about a dog or a boy playing with a child. Rating scales were used to obtain evaluations of these outcomes, and estimates of an actor's intent, volition, and excuse for its behavior. In addition, blameworthiness and impressions of actors' felt shame were assessed for biting; as was praiseworthiness for playing. Clear evidence for more leniency and generosity toward the dog compared with the boy was obtained. For the dog, the bite outcome was evaluated as less negative; and the animal's intent, volition, blame, and felt shame were rated lower. Further, the dog was granted more excuse for biting than was the boy. Concerning play, the dog-related outcome was seen as more positive and praiseworthy. These findings are discussed in terms of attribution theory, and with reference to the issue of underreported bites from owned animals.","PeriodicalId":50748,"journal":{"name":"Anthrozoos","volume":"11 1","pages":"66-73"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"1998-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.2752/089279398787000805","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69262937","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AnthrozoosPub Date : 1998-06-01DOI: 10.2752/089279398787000797
Naoko Koda, Shoji Machida, S. Goto, M. Nakamichi, N. Itoigawa, T. Minami
{"title":"Cardiac and Behavioral Responses to Humans in an Adult Female Japanese Monkey (Macaca Fuscata)","authors":"Naoko Koda, Shoji Machida, S. Goto, M. Nakamichi, N. Itoigawa, T. Minami","doi":"10.2752/089279398787000797","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2752/089279398787000797","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACTThe effects of the appearance of a human on the mean arterial blood pressure (BP) and behavior of an adult female Japanese monkey were examined to clarify whether or not the monkey discriminated between men and women, and between caretakers and strangers. Each human (5 male and 6 female caretakers; 5 male and 6 female strangers) sat facing the monkey whose BP was recorded with an unrestrained telemetry system. Behavior of the monkey was recorded on videotape and BP was measured for 10 minutes prior to the appearance of the human (pre-appearance stage) and for 10 minutes during which the human appeared and faced the monkey (appearance stage). The BP and the frequency of alert behavior increased immediately after the appearance of a human. The increase in the BP and the duration during which the BP was high were significantly greater with men than with women. The duration of alert behavior in the beginning of the appearance stage was longer with men than with women and its duration at the beginning ...","PeriodicalId":50748,"journal":{"name":"Anthrozoos","volume":"11 1","pages":"74-78"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"1998-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.2752/089279398787000797","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69262572","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AnthrozoosPub Date : 1998-06-01DOI: 10.2752/089279398787000788
Karen M. Kampfer, J. Love
{"title":"Motivational Aspects of Desert Tortoise Caretaking","authors":"Karen M. Kampfer, J. Love","doi":"10.2752/089279398787000788","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2752/089279398787000788","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACTThis study (n=490) investigates the motives of humans who maintain desert tortoises in a captive setting. Using data from previously published surveys, a species-appropriate instrument, the Tortoise Caretaking Questionnaire (TCQ), utilizing 20 Likert-type questions was developed to examine ten motives for caretaking. The TCQ also contained a brief demographic section. Each motive was analyzed with respect to strength, age, gender and tortoise rank (compared with other household pets). Two thousand three hundred and seventy-eight questionnaires were distributed and 496 were returned (20.8%); of these, 490 were deemed usable. All motives were shown to be significant and with one exception, females expressed stronger levels of each than did males. Younger respondents tended to rank tortoises higher than other pets whereas older respondents ranked them lower. Future research should investigate longitudinal and other aspects of tortoise caretaking.","PeriodicalId":50748,"journal":{"name":"Anthrozoos","volume":"11 1","pages":"87-94"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"1998-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.2752/089279398787000788","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69262526","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AnthrozoosPub Date : 1998-06-01DOI: 10.2752/089279398787000779
Patricia Crowley-Robinson, J. Blackshaw
{"title":"Nursing Home Staffs' Empathy for a Missing Therapy Dog, their Attitudes to Animal-Assisted Therapy Programs and Suitable Dog Breeds","authors":"Patricia Crowley-Robinson, J. Blackshaw","doi":"10.2752/089279398787000779","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2752/089279398787000779","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACTThe study was conducted at the Returned Soldiers League (RSL) War Veterans Home at Pinjarra Hills (Brisbane, Queensland, Australia) where a spayed female Whippet, Heidi, was placed as a therapy dog. Of the 80 staff members, 47 (58.75%) returned completed questionnaires on attitudes towards Animal-Assisted Therapy (AAT) programs and the disappearance of Heidi two days after placement. The Pet Attitude Scale (Templer et al. 1981) was used in conjunction with the staff attitude questionnaire.Respondents with high Pet Attitude scores were more upset (χ2(2)=8.41, p<0.05) and liked dogs more (χ2(2)=7.03, p<0.05) than staff with medium or low scores. The staff with high scores were also more pleased when Heidi returned (χ2(1)=15.97, p<0.05). Respondents who wanted a program were those who liked dogs the most (χ2(1)=7.02, p<0.05) and did not think having an AAT program would increase their workload (χ2(1)=3.77, p<0.05). Staff who thought a dog should live at the nursing home were pleased (χ2(1)=5.2, p<0.0...","PeriodicalId":50748,"journal":{"name":"Anthrozoos","volume":"11 1","pages":"101-104"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"1998-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.2752/089279398787000779","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69262510","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AnthrozoosPub Date : 1998-06-01DOI: 10.2752/089279398787000742
T. Bjerke, Toril S. Ødegårdstuen, B. Kaltenborn
{"title":"Attitudes Toward Animals Among Norwegian Adolescents","authors":"T. Bjerke, Toril S. Ødegårdstuen, B. Kaltenborn","doi":"10.2752/089279398787000742","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2752/089279398787000742","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACTAttitudes towards a wide range of animals were measured among a sample of 562 children and adolescents, aged between 9 and 15 years, from one urban and two rural areas in Southern Norway. The respondents completed a questionnaire based on Kellert's (1996) attitude typology toward animals. The results showed that the humanistic attitude type ranked first, followed by the moralistic, ecologistic, naturalistic, negativistic, dominionistic, and utilitarian attitude types. Gender differences appeared on the moralistic and negativistic (girls highest), and the naturalistic, dominionistic, and utilitarian (boys highest) sub-scales. Scores on the ecologistic, naturalistic, and dominionistic sub-scales decreased with increasing age. Urban respondents had higher moralistic, and rural respondents had higher dominionistic sub-scale scores. Respondents who owned a pet had higher humanistic, moralistic, and lower utilitarian sub-scale scores than had non-owners.","PeriodicalId":50748,"journal":{"name":"Anthrozoos","volume":"11 1","pages":"79-86"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"1998-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.2752/089279398787000742","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69262442","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AnthrozoosPub Date : 1998-06-01DOI: 10.2752/089279398787000751
A. J. Fridlund, Melissa MacDonald
{"title":"Approaches to Goldie: A Field Study of Human Approach Responses to Canine Juvenescence","authors":"A. J. Fridlund, Melissa MacDonald","doi":"10.2752/089279398787000751","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2752/089279398787000751","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACTApproaches by human passers-by to a Golden Retriever puppy with a human companion were tallied as the puppy aged from ten weeks to 33 weeks. Over this period, approaches were most numerous when the puppy was youngest, with females approaching more than males during the first half of sampling, but equaling male approaches during the second half. Both the number of human approaches and the proportions of males and females were independent of the sex of the puppy's human companion. The results suggest a human, and especially a female, preference for canine juvenescence.","PeriodicalId":50748,"journal":{"name":"Anthrozoos","volume":"11 1","pages":"95-100"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"1998-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.2752/089279398787000751","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69262453","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}