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Dogs may experience
significant stress in animal shelters. Admittance to a shelter results in exposure to
novel environment and routine, loud noises, and social isolation; precisely the types of
events known to activate stress-responses in dogs. The stress experienced by dogs within
a shelter has been shown to cause several welfare problems including the onset or
exacerbation of behavior prob... read morelems (i.e. separation anxiety, aggression, or obsessive
compulsive behaviors) or even
immunosuppression.read less
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