Free-roaming and surrendered dogs and cats submitted to a humane shelter in Wellington, New Zealand, 1999–2006

摘要: Abstract AIMS: To describe submissions of dogs and cats to an animal welfare shelter over a 6-year period, evaluate the association between numbers submitted per square kilometre, human population density, standardised measures socioeconomic deprivation. METHODS: Details free-roaming surrendered presented Wellington Society for Prevention Cruelty Animals (SPCA) period 01 July 1999 28 February 2006 were recorded in relational database. Data plotted as counts animals each month function calendar time. Kernel-smoothing techniques used spatial distribution capture location. The number density (both estimated at mesh-block level), deprivation index quantified using Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient (r). R...