Mission Resources Flashcards
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Shelter Management Assumption
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- Maximize Lives Saced
- Provide Humane Care
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Five Freedomes for Animal Welfare
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- Freedom From Hunger and Thhirst
- Access to freshwate and a diet to maintain full health and vigor
- Freedom from Discomfort
- Providing an approprate environment including shelter and a comfortable resting area
- Freedom from Pain, Injury, or Disease
- Prevention or rapid diagnosis ad treatment
- Freedom to Express Normal Behavior
- Providing sufficient space, proper facilities and company of the animasl’s own kind
- Freedom from Fear and Distress
- Ensuring conditions and treatment which avoid mental suffering
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Animal Welfare Organizations
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Variable Missions/Models:
- Public (government/municipal) shelters
- Private (non-profit) shelters
- Rescue groups
- Foster netwoks
- Sanctuaries/Hospice
- Transport groups
- TNR organizaitons
Over 9000 groups nationslly
- 4-8 million animals annually
- Many states with little to no regulation
- no umbrella organization
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Public (government/municipal) Shelters
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- County and/or City
- Control stray animals and enforce local laws
- Fall under various departments: Sheriff, public health, sanitation, public works, parks and recreation, etc.
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Primarly functionto protect public health
- Stray animal capture, rescue and care
- Enforce laws
- Nuisance
- licensing
- Rabies compliance
- cruelty/abuse/hoading
- May have owner surrender
- May have adoption services
- Additional:
- Volunteer programs
- Live release (wildlife/feral cat)
- S/N, microcip, vaccination services
- Increased demand and focus on animal welfare and adoption services
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Private Shelters
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- Nonprofit orgaizations (501c3)
- Various name designations
- SPCA
- Humane Society
- Animal Welfare Society
- many, many, more
- Programs:
- Animal Sheltering
- Adoption services
- Outreach - Education
- Behavior/Training
- Low fee public S/N
- Low fee public veterinary services
- Wildlife rehab - live release programs
- Food banks - Financial support programs
- Animal cruelty investigation
- and more!
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Public - Private Nonprofit Hybrids
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- Private Nonprofit with a municipal contract
- Most common model
- generaly for shelter services but can include animal control
- Nonprofit financial support for municipal shelter
- usually for specific animal care purposes
- Nonprofit management of a public shelter
- tends to evolve from financial support model
- Municipal - Private partnership
- Not uncommon, can be very successful when dealing with large populations
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Rescue - Foster Groups
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- Individual home or foster network
- Can be based on specific species, breeds, or conditions (age, disease, situation)
- Take animals to veterinary clinics
8
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Sanctuary - Hospice
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- Long-term - resident animals for life
- Focused mission improves success
- Lack of capacity for care understanding can lead to significant problems
9
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Transport Groups
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- Ultra short care
- Moves adoptable animals from areas of excess to areas of opportunity
10
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Common Shelter Resources
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- Financial - Money
- Manpower - Time
- Facility - Space
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Terminology
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- Full service: house, care, adoption, N/S etc.
- High turnover: lots of adoptions and new animals, less time in shelter
- Low turnover: fewer adoptions but also fewer new animals more time in shelters
- Open admission: take everything (go over capacity
- Limited admission: select the animals they can take (won’t take more medicl cases when they have some already) but still take highly adoptable animals when they come up (go over capacity)
- Managed admission: open intake shelter, that stops taking when the shelter is full (doesnt go over capacity)
- Adoption guarantee: every animal will be adopted out, bring it back if it doesn’t work
- “No kill” unless major health or behavioral issues
