SHELTER MANAGEMENT

WHAT IS SHELTER MANAGEMENT ?

Management needs to focus on keeping the standards of the ‘shelter on a level of Animal welfare, which meets the individual animal needs, ensuring their 5 freedoms of welfare as well as keeping the ‘shelters personnel and bank account in a healthy state. Everyone can rescue an animal, but can they commit to keep this animal for the rest of their life? keeping into account that not all animals get adopted. To each adopted animal there will be several long–stayers‘ that you have committed to for the rest of their lives.

By: Loes Schure, DVM, M.VSc

Each individual animal cost adds up every single day. For example: food, veterinary bills, medication, salary caretakers, replacing utensils and maintenance shelter and so on.. Shelter management needs to be able to cover and commit to an animals “whole–life care“.

The Kitten Bottle Feeding Guide

Help your staff and fosters provide the best nutritional care for these tiny, sensitive neonate kittens. Share this guide and tips with your kitten caregivers to put their minds at ease, establish easy-to-follow standards, and improve the well-being of the kittens in their care.

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Horse Care Guideline

Your horse depends on your love, care and commitment, which you can show through grooming, petting, riding and the occasional treat. With good care, your horse can live 35 years or more.

By: Humane Society Of The United States

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Dog Enrichment Schedule

Let’s look at an example
of an Enrichment schedule
(enrichment) for Dogs, so long as
they are pleased and healthy.

 By: Drh.Mikeu Paujiah, Dipl.Montessori
Source: American Society for the Prevention ofCruelty to Animals (ASPCAPRO)

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Intake Protocol for Kitten Foster Programs

Because young, homeless kittens are extremely vulnerable, it’s important that foster-based kitten programs have thorough and consistent intake screening protocols.

By: Drh.Mikeu Paujiah, Dipl.Montessori
Source: American Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals (ASPCAPRO)

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