Shelter Plays Classical Music for Animals

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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - The Arizona Animal Welfare League has started playing classical music to calm animals at its no-kill shelter.
The music comes courtesy of Scottsdale residents Scott Goldberg and Hannah Romberg, who paid for the installation and service for the Muzak system that provides the music continuously via satellite, said Cheryl Weiner, the league's vice president.
A United Kingdom study published in the journal Animal Welfare says shelter animals overwhelmingly spend more time in a relaxed state when exposed to classical music.
Goldberg said he noticed the calming effect of music on his two cats and two dogs, and he wanted to extend the service to the shelter animals.
There are other benefits.
"The dogs bark less and are more relaxed when people visit the shelter," Weiner said. "Visitors stay longer and spend more time with animals, so more may be adopted."

 

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We play classical music for the pets who are dropped off for day treatments. But, we just turned on a boombox rather than installing satellite Muzak. I do find the kennel cleaners switching it to thrashy music at times, which I doubt sounds good to doggie ears.