Amelioration of Pet Overpopulation and Abandonment Using Control of Breeding and Sale, and Compulsory Owner Liability Insurance
Overpopulation and abandonment of pets are long-standing and burgeoning concerns that involve uncontrolled breeding and selling, illegal trafficking, overpopulation, and pet safety and well-being issues. Abandonment of pets creates numerous negative externalities and multimillion-dollar costs, in ad...
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| author | Eva Bernete Perdomo Jorge E. Araña Padilla Siegfried Dewitte |
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| description | Overpopulation and abandonment of pets are long-standing and burgeoning concerns that involve uncontrolled breeding and selling, illegal trafficking, overpopulation, and pet safety and well-being issues. Abandonment of pets creates numerous negative externalities and multimillion-dollar costs, in addition to severe consequences and problems concerning animal welfare (e.g., starvation, untreated disease, climatic extremes, uncertainty of rescue and adoption), ecological (e.g., invasive species and introduction of novel pathogens), public health and safety (e.g., risks to people from bites, zoonoses, or road hazards), and economic (e.g., financial burdens for governmental and nongovernmental organizations). These interwoven problems persist for several reasons, including the following: (1) lack of an efficient system for the prevention of abandonment and overpopulation, (2) lack of regulatory liability for pet owners, (3) lack of legal alternative to abandonment. This article proposes a novel comprehensive management system for amelioration of overpopulation and abandonment of pets aimed to tackle the current supply and demand dysfunction of the pet market and provide a legal alternative to abandonment. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-825ad9d3d3fe4159ad2310ed8c5467412023-12-11T17:24:46ZengMDPI AGAnimals2076-26152021-02-0111252410.3390/ani11020524Amelioration of Pet Overpopulation and Abandonment Using Control of Breeding and Sale, and Compulsory Owner Liability InsuranceEva Bernete Perdomo0Jorge E. Araña Padilla1Siegfried Dewitte2University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 35017 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, SpainUniversity of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 35017 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, SpainKatholieke Universiteit Leuven, 3000 Leuven, BelgiumOverpopulation and abandonment of pets are long-standing and burgeoning concerns that involve uncontrolled breeding and selling, illegal trafficking, overpopulation, and pet safety and well-being issues. Abandonment of pets creates numerous negative externalities and multimillion-dollar costs, in addition to severe consequences and problems concerning animal welfare (e.g., starvation, untreated disease, climatic extremes, uncertainty of rescue and adoption), ecological (e.g., invasive species and introduction of novel pathogens), public health and safety (e.g., risks to people from bites, zoonoses, or road hazards), and economic (e.g., financial burdens for governmental and nongovernmental organizations). These interwoven problems persist for several reasons, including the following: (1) lack of an efficient system for the prevention of abandonment and overpopulation, (2) lack of regulatory liability for pet owners, (3) lack of legal alternative to abandonment. This article proposes a novel comprehensive management system for amelioration of overpopulation and abandonment of pets aimed to tackle the current supply and demand dysfunction of the pet market and provide a legal alternative to abandonment.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/11/2/524pet abandonmentpet overpopulationexotic petspet market regulationpet welfare |
| spellingShingle | Eva Bernete Perdomo Jorge E. Araña Padilla Siegfried Dewitte Amelioration of Pet Overpopulation and Abandonment Using Control of Breeding and Sale, and Compulsory Owner Liability Insurance Animals pet abandonment pet overpopulation exotic pets pet market regulation pet welfare |
| title | Amelioration of Pet Overpopulation and Abandonment Using Control of Breeding and Sale, and Compulsory Owner Liability Insurance |
| title_full | Amelioration of Pet Overpopulation and Abandonment Using Control of Breeding and Sale, and Compulsory Owner Liability Insurance |
| title_fullStr | Amelioration of Pet Overpopulation and Abandonment Using Control of Breeding and Sale, and Compulsory Owner Liability Insurance |
| title_full_unstemmed | Amelioration of Pet Overpopulation and Abandonment Using Control of Breeding and Sale, and Compulsory Owner Liability Insurance |
| title_short | Amelioration of Pet Overpopulation and Abandonment Using Control of Breeding and Sale, and Compulsory Owner Liability Insurance |
| title_sort | amelioration of pet overpopulation and abandonment using control of breeding and sale and compulsory owner liability insurance |
| topic | pet abandonment pet overpopulation exotic pets pet market regulation pet welfare |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/11/2/524 |
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