shelter animals
Barriers to implementing best-practices in U.S. animal shelters
A new UBC AWP open-access paper has been published! This article looks at barriers to implementing best-practices in US animal shelters: memory, opposing opinions, lack of resources, and a procedural drift effect in which the protocol was changed across time. A Multi-Site Feasibility Assessment of Implementing a Best-Practices Meet-And-Greet Intervention in Animal Shelters in the […]
UBC Animal Welfare Judging Team Places 4th at Intercollegiate Competition
Congratulations to the Animal Welfare Judging team: (pictured from left to right) Laura Rounding, Eugenia Kwok, Katie Mills, Elena Pakalnis and Tanjot Gill, on their 4th place finish (of 11 teams in the undergraduate division) at the 14th Intercollegiate Animal Welfare Judging and Assessment Competition at Michigan State University on Nov 22-23, 2014. This was […]
PhD Student Improves Life for Shelter Dogs
Living in a shelter can be a very traumatic experience for an animal – something Nancy Clarke has witnessed first-hand over her years working at the Vancouver Animal Shelter.
