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标题：The Coexistence of Humans and Companion Animals in the City Parks of Xanthi: The Views of the Citizens
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作者：Paraskevi Karanikola ; Evangelos Manolas ; Stilianos Tampakis 等
期刊名称：Urban Studies Research
印刷版ISSN：2090-4185
电子版ISSN：2090-4193
出版年度：2012
卷号：2012
DOI：10.1155/2012/462025
出版社：Hindawi Publishing Corporation
摘要：Companion animals are very important to people of big cities. In Greece the families which own those animals take them for a walk in the parks and streets of their town but not always with care to not disturb other citizens. Laws and regulations for companion and stray animals are not respected in Greece, although as a result of the Athens Olympics in 2004 the Greek government started to provide funds for the collection, care, and sterilization of stray animals. This paper is a first attempt to record, through the aid of a structured questionnaire, the view of the citizens of the city of Xanthi in northern Greece regarding companion animals and what they do when animals become old. The paper also examines the extent to which the existence of stray and companion animals in parks disturbs the people who visit green areas looking for a place to get a rest or play on the grass. The majority preferred that stray animals are collected off the streets, recorded, treated from parasites, vaccinated, and sterilized and after that are available for adoption or are returned to the area they were found at.