McDowell Brianna, Burns Pamela, Lepczyk Christopher A
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management, University of Hawaii at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA.
J Appl Anim Welf Sci. 2011;14(4):321-39. doi: 10.1080/10888705.2011.600660.
One of the major goals of an animal welfare organization is to reduce the number of homeless, nonhuman animals in a community. In Hawaii, the Hawaiian Humane Society has provided numerous animal welfare services to work toward this goal, such as offering sterilizations and microchipping at reduced rates and facilitating animal adoptions and education. In addition, the Leash Law and the Cat Identification Program have increased animal welfare through increasing the responsibilities of companion animal caregivers (owners). The goal of this research was to assess if temporal changes in animal sheltering have occurred in Hawaii. The study assessed this by analyzing historical data on dogs (Canis familiaris) and cats (Felis catus) admitted, returned to owner, sterilized, euthanized, and adopted from the Humane Societies of Oahu, Hawaii, from 1993 to 2008. The study also analyzed dog and cat admittance and Honolulu population growth from 1975 to 2008. Sterilizations and pets returned to owners have increased significantly, whereas admittance and euthanasia rates have decreased significantly. Thus, although these data cannot conclusively state that there are fewer homeless animals in Hawaii, the results provide positive indicators of reducing homeless pets, especially when coupled with an increase in both the human population of Honolulu County and dog ownership.
动物福利组织的主要目标之一是减少社区中无家可归的非人类动物数量。在夏威夷，夏威夷人道协会提供了众多动物福利服务以朝着这一目标努力，比如以优惠价格提供绝育手术和微芯片植入服务，以及推动动物领养和教育。此外，《 leash 法》和《猫识别计划》通过增加伴侣动物照料者（主人）的责任来提高了动物福利。本研究的目的是评估夏威夷动物收容情况是否发生了时间上的变化。该研究通过分析 1993 年至 2008 年从瓦胡岛、夏威夷人道协会收容的犬（家犬）和猫（家猫）的历史数据来进行评估，这些数据包括被收容、归还主人、绝育、安乐死和被领养的情况。该研究还分析了 1975 年至 2008 年犬猫的收容情况以及檀香山的人口增长情况。绝育数量和归还主人的宠物数量显著增加，而收容率和安乐死率则显著下降。因此，尽管这些数据不能确凿地表明夏威夷无家可归的动物数量减少了，但这些结果提供了减少无家可归宠物数量的积极指标，尤其是结合檀香山县人口和犬只拥有量的增加来看时。
