Why Did You Choose This Pet?: Adopters and Pet Selection Preferences in Five Animal Shelters in the United States

Weiss, Emily, Miller, Katherine, Mohan-Gibbons, Heather, Vela, Carla·2012·Animals
DOI 10.3390/ani2020144

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