An animal shelter is a place where homeless, lost or abandoned animals are kept, mainly cats and dogs. At the shelter they are provided with veterinary care, take care of the animal (feed, drink), look for new owners or a new habitat. To create a shelter on your own, you will need a friendly team, a shelter room and sponsors who will help you with the material support of the shelter with everything you need.
You will need
- - premises for the shelter;
- - employees to work in a shelter;
- - material for aviary equipment;
- - animal feed;
- - animal care products;
- - medicines.
Instruction manual
1
Gather a team that will work with you and help you organize a shelter. Everyone should be engaged in their duties and be responsible for a particular business. Employees must be able to care for and love animals. It is necessary to have an experienced employee or veterinarian who will constantly monitor the condition of the animals, if necessary, deliver them to the veterinary clinic.
2
Contact your local community administration for community service. They will tell you how to register an organization.
3
Find a room where you can organize a shelter. The building or premises for the shelter should provide animals with protection and normal living conditions, have a sewer and water supply.
4
Equip the premises with enclosures, purchase feed, medicine, animal care products. This will require cash. You will have to look for sponsors who could help the shelter on an ongoing basis. Aviaries should be ventilated or ventilated, have a sufficient size for the animal to live, and be heated in the cold season. The room must be regularly cleaned and disinfected. Animals must be kept in solitary enclosures to make it easier to track their health status and to prevent the spread of infections. If this is not possible, and the animals are kept in several, the following rules should be observed: do not keep animals of the same sex in the same enclosure, do not place dogs and cats together, keep sick animals separate from healthy animals and isolate aggressive animals from the rest. When keeping several animals in one room, each should have enough space to stand, lie, turn and sit normally.
5
For each animal entering the shelter, you will have to fill out a standard form that contains a description of the animal, state of health, medical care and placement in the shelter.
