three dogs were among the survivors of the titanic.
how many dogs were among the survivors of the titanic?
three
bullet::::- 50 dogs abandoned - in august 2013, on a night with heavy rain and a thunderstorm, 38 small dogs were abandoned anonymously at the raps shelter, while 12 more dogs were abandoned at the new westminster city shelter. the dogs were friendly small dogs, in good health, delivered in crates and cages that were in poor condition, with two to three dogs to a crate. raps staff had never heard of so many dogs being dropped off at once in the city. an estimated $12,000 was spent for spaying and neutering the dogs and providing other veterinary care and supplies, which was mostly recovered with adoption fees. public response was strong, with more than 150 applications received to adopt the dogs. by october 2, 2013, most of the dogs had been adopted.
richmond animal protection society
isolation is a large stressor for many dogs and can result in separation anxiety if they are left alone from others for extended lengths of time during a critical period in their development. if a puppy is separated from their litter-mates, home pen, or owners during a critical period it will produce an intense negative emotional reaction and the reaction will subside when they return to their litter-mates, home pen, or owners. this reaction is a natural conditioned learning paradigm that will have to be constantly repeated during their infancy to remove the intensity of the response. when housed with other litter-mates the individual will be strongly motivated to mimic the behavior of the animals around it. introducing other litter-mates who do not experience a severe negative emotion to isolation is one of the ways to avoid negative reactions to isolation in the individual in question. this provides a base for mimetic behavior to occur and the pup experiencing severe negative emotions will begin to mimic the behavior of the litter-mates and adopt their neutral behavior. scott and bronson replicated a study originally conducted by fredericson in 1952 about vocalization rates of beagle puppies when confined in a box alone or with a companion. fredericson found that 75% of puppies would vocalize significantly less when confined with another puppy compared to alone, a result that was replicated and confirmed by scott and bronson in 1971. many dogs were more distressed when they were placed alone in an unfamiliar environment compared to a known environment, or an unfamiliar environment with litter-mates. this increase in calm behavior when multiple litter-mates are in an unfamiliar environment is caused by allelomimetic behavior. if one pup is calm, many dogs will mimic that behavior, creating a litter of relaxed dogs. likewise, if there is one distressed pup, many dogs could also mimic the distressed behavior but the former is more common among experiments.
allelomimetic behavior