Punishment to Support: The Need to Align Animal Control Enforcement with the Human Social Justice Movement
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Abstract
1. Introduction
2. One Health and One Welfare in Animal Control Reform
3. Humane Communities and the Shift from Punishment to Support
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Hawes, S.M.; Hupe, T.; Morris, K.N. Punishment to Support: The Need to Align Animal Control Enforcement with the Human Social Justice Movement. Animals 2020, 10, 1902. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani10101902
Hawes SM, Hupe T, Morris KN. Punishment to Support: The Need to Align Animal Control Enforcement with the Human Social Justice Movement. Animals. 2020; 10(10):1902. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani10101902
Chicago/Turabian StyleHawes, Sloane M., Tess Hupe, and Kevin N. Morris. 2020. "Punishment to Support: The Need to Align Animal Control Enforcement with the Human Social Justice Movement" Animals 10, no. 10: 1902. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani10101902