Tips on How to Create
a Happy Shelter for
Animals

A shelter is a momentary place for animals.

By: Drh.Mikeu Paujiah, Dipl.Montessori Translator : Azzahra Maulidina, BVM

A shelter is a momentary place for animals. Animals in a shelter have different types and backgrounds with far different stories which results in various behaviors; for example, an animal struck in a car accident can be surrounded by a shelter and is likely to get stressed in confinement compared to its previous life where it was free and uncaged.

However, the other side has a different view; shelter management is likely to try and improve the animal’s condition; but the definition of “improving the animal” is not only freeing it from pain but also managing it to be mentally safe and comfortable as follows in five welfare domains.

Managing physically healthy and mentally happy animals is a tough job as there are standards
to follow. This makes shelter management create proper strategies to maintain animal welfare
and wellness in their shelter.