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Title

Extending ecological social work to assessing support for policies addressing animal organizations in disasters.

Authors

Whitley, Cameron T.; Meglathery, Eva; McCann, Ailis

Abstract

During the COVID-19 pandemic, most, if not all, animal rescues, sanctuaries, zoos, and aquariums experienced financial distress. This stress had an impact on the welfare of animals and their human caretakers, an issue important to ecological social work. We draw on a novel dataset (n = 2,060) to assess support for policies to extend emergency funding to animal support and conservation organizations in extreme events. We find that, on average women and nonbinary individuals, those with more education, people who have pets, people who are concerned about other humans (humanistic altruism), and those who have greater concern for animals report greater support.

Subjects

UNITED States; ENVIRONMENTAL health; HEALTH self-care; ECOLOGY; GOVERNMENT policy; SOCIAL justice; INTERPROFESSIONAL relations; PETS; RESEARCH funding; ANIMAL rights; CLIMATE change; QUESTIONNAIRES; LGBTQ people; RESEARCH evaluation; EMERGENCY medical services; ECOSYSTEMS; COMMUNITIES; HUMAN-animal relationships; DECISION making; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; SOCIAL case work; FINANCIAL stress; ANIMAL experimentation; CONCEPTUAL structures; PLANT-based diet; SOCIAL support; SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC factors; COMPARATIVE studies; EMERGENCY management; COVID-19 pandemic; PSYCHOSOCIAL factors

Publication

Social Work in Mental Health, 2024, Vol 22, Issue 6, p833

ISSN

1533-2985

Publication type

Academic Journal

DOI

10.1080/15332985.2024.2399544

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