Welfare

Subcategories

1. Welfare and Health

   Although often seen as two different disciplines, themes, or topics, there is an increasing realization that very frequently issues of disease (dis-ease, in the broadest sense) have an impact on the welfare of the animal. Certainly, many animal welfare challenges can directly impact the health and physical, behavioral, and overall well-being of an animal.

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2. Sourcing and Commercial Breeding

   • Breeding Guidelines for Commercial Breeders
   • Issues and Controversies
   • Sourcing

   This section on Sourcing and Commercial Breeding addresses issues related to production and distribution of puppies
   and is organized under the following sub-categories.

   * Check out the Subcategories (below) and Articles (further below).*

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3. Dog-Specific Legislation and Programs

   • Dog Identification
   • Dangerous Dog Legislation
   • Transport of Dogs | Pets
   • Country-specific legislation - Welfare Laws

   This section will be developed under four main headings:

   1. Country-specific legislation - Welfare Laws
   2. Dog Identification:
   3. Dangerous Dog Legislation:
   4. Transportation of Dogs | Pets:

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4. Human-Dog Interactions

   In this section, we look at how attitudes and factors related to human-dog interactions impact health, well-being and welfare of dogs.

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