Is UK Puppy Purchasing Suffering a Long COVID Effect? Ongoing Negative Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic upon Puppy Purchase Motivations and Behaviours in 2021

Is UK Puppy Purchasing Suffering a Long COVID Effect? Ongoing Negative Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic upon Puppy Purchase Motivations and Behaviours in 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic led to a surge in acquisitions of puppies in the UK, dubbed the "Pandemic Puppy" phenomenon. In addition to an increased demand for puppies, widespread changes to both why and how puppies were purchased during this period compared to pre-pandemic 2019 purchases were d...

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Veröffentlicht in:Animals (Basel) 2023-07, Vol.13 (13), p.2186
Hauptverfasser: Packer, Rowena M A, Brand, Claire L, Belshaw, Zoe, Pegram, Camilla L, Dale, Fiona, Stevens, Kim B, O'Neill, Dan G
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Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Animal welfare
Breeding of animals
COVID-19
Dogs
Households
Human acts
Human behavior
human–animal interaction
Imports
lockdown
Mental health
Monitoring
Pandemics
Pets
puppy
Regression analysis
Trends
welfare
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Zusammenfassung:The COVID-19 pandemic led to a surge in acquisitions of puppies in the UK, dubbed the "Pandemic Puppy" phenomenon. In addition to an increased demand for puppies, widespread changes to both why and how puppies were purchased during this period compared to pre-pandemic 2019 purchases were documented, many of which threatened canine welfare (e.g., puppies being collected away from their place of birth, without seeing their mother). This study aimed to explore which changes to the pre-purchase and purchase motivations and behaviours of UK owners who purchased a puppy aged
ISSN:2076-2615
2076-2615
DOI:10.3390/ani13132186