An online questionnaire survey investigated (1) management and (2) treatment methods for firework fears in dogs employed by dog owners and their (perceived) effectiveness. A PCA on data from 1,225 respondents revealed four management strategies (i.e., interventions during firework exposure): the ...
aIt’s not just dogs and small children who are wary of firework displays. Some environmental activists have been labelled “killjoys” for seeking to ban them. Fireworks, as one campaigner put it, “spray out a toxic concoction that rains down quietly into lakes, rivers and bays.” But ...
An annual survey in public hospitals and various NT health services has been conducted by the NT Centre for Disease Control since 1998 to monitor injuries resulting from Territory Day celebrations and to inform firework safety campaigns. This year the database of injuries going back to 1998 was ...
NOW FOR THE REASON WE ARE SO BUSY CAMPAIGNING Many of you will be aware of the distress and sometimes injury and death caused to animals, our dogs, cats, rabbits, horses in fields and stables as well as livestock and wildlife. But how many people realise the distress caused by these rand...
The article provides information on the safety tips for animals during firework season. It cites that cats and dogs should be kept indoors when fireworks is possible to happen and help them to find place to hide. If ...
Long-term follow-up of the effi- cacy of a behavioural treatment programme for dogs with firework fears. Vet Rec 2008; 162: 657-659.Levine, E. D. & Mills, D. S. 2008. Long-term follow-up of the efficacy of a behavioural treatment programme for dogs with firework fears. Veterinary ...