Human-animal interaction and its relation to responsible dog ownership in a district of Recife-PE
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https://doi.org/10.22256/pubvet.v16n5.1294Keywords:
human-animal interaction, animal welfare, responsible ownership, public health.Abstract
Dogs as companion animals have played an important role in the actual society thus occupying place only done by humans. However, population growth of these animals brought various problems caused mainly by wandering dogs in big towns, which cause risks of health hazard and aggressive attacks. Such problems are direct reflex of the behavior of owner practice, whose default in regard to ownership responsibility and animal welfare. In order to know the local reality at Alto Jose do Pinho, a populous district (229,6 inhab/ha) of Recife-PE, a survey was carried out to 240 residents owners at least one dog per residence. The survey was applied by Community Health Agents (CHA) and data about nutrition, health care, leisure, birth control and animal feces collect. The collected data indicated a necessity of official programs of education for responsible ownership and improvement of man-animal interaction, animal welfare and public health.
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