Vet Med - Czech, 2004, 49(8):298-304 | DOI: 10.17221/5708-VETMED

An attitude of veterinary practitioners towards animal rights in Turkey

A. Ozen, R. Ozturk, A. Yasar, A. Armutak, T. Basagac, A. Ozgur, I. Seker, H. Yerlikaya
2 , A. Y 3, A. A 4, T. B 5, A. O 5, I. S 6, H. Y
1 1Department of Veterinary History, Deontology and Ethics, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Firat University, Elazig, Turkey
2 Department of Veterinary History, Deontology and Ethics, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey
3 Department of Veterinary History, Deontology and Ethics, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Selcuk University, Konya, Turkey
4 Department of Veterinary History, Deontology and Ethics, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Istanbul University, Avcilar-Istanbul, Turkey
5 Department of Veterinary History, Deontology and Ethics, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey
6 Department of Animal Husbandry and Zootechnics, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Firat University, Elazig, Turkey

The authors examined the attitudes of veterinary practitioners in Turkey towards animals' right to life. For this purpose, a telephone questionnaire was applied on a total of 303 practitioners located in four provinces in Turkey. The overall response rate was 82%. The respect for right to life was valued slightly over neutral. According to the 5-point Likert scale, the average value scored by the participants for the items of views about animals' right to life was found as 3.25. Type of practice (pet clinics: 3.41), gender (females: 3.63), perceived responsibility (to animal: 3.48), keeping a pet (yes: 3.34) and membership in a society (yes: 3.67) had a statistically significant influence on attitudes towards animals' right to life. Independent variables explained 87% of the variance in attitudes, with most of the variance accounted for by perceived responsibility.

Keywords: animal rights; animals' right to live; veterinarian; veterinary practitioners

Published: August 31, 2004  Show citation

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Ozen A, Ozturk R, Yasar A, Armutak A, Basagac T, Ozgur A, et al.. An attitude of veterinary practitioners towards animal rights in Turkey. Vet Med - Czech. 2004;49(8):298-304. doi: 10.17221/5708-VETMED.
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