Hawes Sloane M, Hupe Tess, Morris Kevin N
Institute for Human-Animal Connection, Graduate School of Social Work, University of Denver, Denver, CO 80208, USA.
Animals (Basel). 2020 Oct 16;10(10):1902. doi: 10.3390/ani10101902.
Due to inherent and systemic biases, animal control policies in the US are over-enforced in low-income communities and communities of color, resulting in worse health outcomes for the pets in these communities. These outcomes are exemplified by higher confiscation, relinquishment, and euthanasia rates, lower return to owner rates, and extended lengths of stay in animal shelters. The Humane Communities framework operationalizes One Health and One Welfare concepts to comprehensively address issues of inequity at both the individual and structural levels to improve animal control policy and outcomes. Person-centered and culturally competent policies and programs that focus resources on addressing root causes of pet health and welfare issues as opposed to an emphasis on code enforcement can create more positive, scalable, and sustainable improvements in human, other animal, and environmental health and welfare outcomes. This shift from punishment-oriented approaches to support-based models of animal control aligns the animal welfare field with the modern human social justice movement.
由于内在的系统性偏见，美国的动物控制政策在低收入社区和有色人种社区执行过度，导致这些社区的宠物健康状况更差。这些结果表现为更高的没收、遗弃和安乐死率，更低的归还主人率，以及在动物收容所更长的停留时间。人道社区框架将“同一健康”和“同一福利”概念付诸实践，以全面解决个体和结构层面的不平等问题，从而改善动物控制政策和结果。以人为主且具备文化能力的政策和项目，将资源集中于解决宠物健康和福利问题的根本原因，而非强调法规执行，能够在人类、其他动物以及环境的健康和福利方面带来更积极、可扩展且可持续的改善。这种从以惩罚为导向的方法向基于支持的动物控制模式的转变，使动物福利领域与现代人类社会正义运动保持一致。
