Fostering and the Human-Animal Bond

A Guide for Companion Animal Foster Care Providers and Shelters
Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-0-443-43832-5
Verlag: Elsevier Science

Buch, Englisch, 280 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 226 mm, Gewicht: 544 g

Fostering and the Human-Animal Bond: A Guide for Companion Animal Foster Care Providers and Shelters delves into the profound connection between humans and animals in animal fostering. Faced with capacity challenges, shelters often struggle to maintain animal health and welfare, sometimes leading to euthanasia. By examining various facets of the fostering experience, it provides essential information to improve volunteer recruitment and retention, ultimately benefiting both the animals and those who care for them. This comprehensive guide, written by an animal welfare expert, integrates interdisciplinary research from animal behavior, welfare, volunteerism, social work, and psychology.

The book explores methods to enhance the emotional well-being of foster volunteers, their coping mechanisms, and the overall welfare of the animals, making it an invaluable resource for shelter professionals, foster coordinators, researchers, and students in related fields with its practical advice and insights to support and improve the fostering experience.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Reese, Laura A.

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Tierkunde / Zoologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologie: Allgemeines
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Umweltsoziologie
• Naturwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Tierhaltung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Fostering and the Human-Animal Bond
2. Literature Review
3. Methodology
4. Foster Volunteers and Nature of the Fostering Experience
5. The Emotions of Fostering
6. Dealing with the Emotions of Fostering: Self-Care, Resilience, and Satisfaction
7. Summary and Implications for Practice

Über Autor(innen)

Reese, Laura A.
Dr. Laura A. Reese is Professor Emeritus of Urban and Regional Planning at Michigan State University, President of Professional Animal Welfare Services, and Research Fellow at the Riley Center at the College of Charleston. She was the Founding Director of the Global Urban Studies Program (GUSP) at Michigan State University. Her main research and teaching areas are in animal shelter management, urban policy, economic development, and local governance, management, and planning. She brings an organizational psychology perspective to the planning and successful management of volunteer efforts and has written 14 books on the topic, including Elsevier’s Strategies for Successful Animal Shelters and Fostering and the Human-Animal Bond.