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Dose of reality : what can we learn from educational and veterinary pet owners to guide more effective environmental stewardship of pharmaceutical and personal care products (PPCPs)?

Creator:

Lam, Jennifer

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Improper disposal of unused human and pet pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) are an emerging public and watershed health threat around the world. Although some waste stream reduction programs such as PPCPs "take-back" exist, there is limited research in current programs on reducing the entry of PPCPs into the...

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Masters Thesis

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begins to fill in this gap and improve our understanding of pet ownership, pet PPCPs, pet owner
Comparison of the Characteristics and Attitudes of Dog Adopters from Three Dog Rescue Groups

Creator:

Zimmerman, Zelda L.

Abstract:

A web-based survey was conducted to investigate the relationships between adopters and the dogs they adopted from three types of rescue groups/organizations: humane societies, greyhound rescues, and pit bull rescues. The dog selected to adopt can vary for many reasons, one of which is breed preference. This study found dog...

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Masters Thesis

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to better treatment of animals. For many, the words “pet” and “owner” are simply ingrained in our