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Recent News and Articles on the Keywords: animal shelter + animal shelters + animal  Related to the article below (Last Update: 5/12/2008)

Buying pets at local animal shelters instead of pet stores
Chicago Tribune, United States -
Next time you think of getting that "cute puppy" or "adorable kitten," try going to your local animal shelter instead.
An inconvenient truth: Animal shelters have to kill
Rockford Register Star, IL -
One of dozens of cats temporarily sheltered at PAWS peers through its cage as animal shelter director Lauren Malmberg makes her way down the row deciding ...
Co-op concept for San Bernardino-area animal shelters has support
Press-Enterprise, CA - May 11, 2008
By JANET ZIMMERMAN Aging animal shelters and a lack of funds to improve and run them are driving some cities and the county of San Bernardino to look toward ...
Former worker crusades for reform at San Bernardino city animal ...
Press-Enterprise, CA - May 11, 2008
By JANET ZIMMERMAN Dog lover Lori Routh was troubled by the sick pups and poor conditions she witnessed at the San Bernardino city animal shelter where she ...
In Animal Shelters, Reminders of the Economy
New York Times, United States - May 9, 2008
The more a shelter knows about an animal, Ms. Hollywood, the easier it is to find a home for it. Adrienne Stafford, shelter director at PAWS, ...
Abandoned Pets Overcrowding Animal Shelters
WSMV, TN - May 11, 2008
Animal control officials said that if they can track down the owners who abandoned their pets, charges will be filed. Biggs said the shelter is so ...
Shelter board weighs shift to no-kill policy
Gary Post Tribune, IN -
The policy at no-kill shelters is to keep all adoptable animals alive. Only in rare cases, such as when an animal poses a safety risk to the adopter or for ...
Animal shelter plan seen as novel
Cherry Hill Courier Post, NJ - May 11, 2008
Burlington and Gloucester counties' animal shelters are run by county employees and operating expenses are covered in the county budget, said officials in ...
Matching homes with critters is shelters' pet project
Arizona Republic, AZ - May 10, 2008
Children and pets in the home of a prospective adopter usually must be introduced to the shelter animal before an adoption is approved. ...
Stu Bykofsky: PACCA dogs suffering through out-of-control kennel cough
Philadelphia Daily News, PA -
Derby says that when PACCA knows an animal is sick, the adopter is given medicine. But symptoms don't always show at the shelter, and there is not always ...
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Risk factors for relinquishment of dogs to an animal shelter. -
GJ Patronek, LT Glickman, AM Beck, GP McCabe, C … - J Am Vet Med Assoc, 1996 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
... with relinquishment of a pet dog to an animal shelter. ... care, owning a sexually intact
dog, inappropriate care ... Dogs obtained from shelters, kept in crates, or ...

Plasma cortisol levels of dogs at a county animal shelter. -
MB Hennessy, HN Davis, MT Williams, C Mellott, CW … - Physiol Behav, 1997 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
... The results suggest that confinement in a public animal shelter produces a ... the
development of behavior problems in dogs obtained from shelters, are discussed. ...

… cortisol and behaviour: can human interaction reduce the stress of dogs in a public animal shelter? -
MB Hennessy, M T. Williams, DD Miller, CW Douglas, … - Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 1998 - Elsevier
... and vaccination procedures at veterinary clinics as well as shelters. Author Keywords:
Petting; Human interaction; Stress; Cortisol; Dog; Animal shelter. ...

Factors associated with the decision to surrender a pet to an animal shelter. -
DD Miller, SR Staats, C Partlo, K Rada - J Am Vet Med Assoc, 1996 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
J Am Vet Med Assoc. 1996 Aug 15;209(4):738-42. Factors associated with the
decision to surrender a pet to an animal shelter. Miller ...

Human and Animal Factors Related to Relinquishment of Dogs and Cats in 12 Selected Animal Shelters … -
MD Salman, JG New, Jr, JM Scarlett, PH Kass, R … - Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science, 1998 - Lawrence Earlbaum
... Individuals in the shelter community report that while ... Recent studies of individual
shelters have begun to identify both human and animal characteristics that ...

Severe Enteric Disease in an Animal Shelter Associated with Dual Infections by Canine Adenovirus … -
A Pratelli, V Martella, G Elia, M Tempesta, F … - Journal of Veterinary Medicine, Series B, 2001 - Blackwell Synergy
... ICH is a severe disease of the dog which has rarely been reported ... The investigated
kennels, an animal shelter, was very poorly managed with respect to record ...

Behavior and cortisol levels of dogs in a public animal shelter, and an exploration of the ability … -
MB Hennessy, VL Voith, SJ Mazzei, J Buttram, DD … - Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 2001 - Elsevier
... in shelters might prove useful for screening dogs for adoption or targeting dogs
for behavioral intervention. Author Keywords: Animal shelter; Dog; Temperament ...

… varieties of Helicobacter species in dogs from random sources and pet dogs: animal and public health … -
KA Eaton, FE Dewhirst, BJ Paster, N Tzellas, BE … - Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 1996 - jcm.highwire.org
... carnivores, but their prevalence in different populations of animals and their ... examined:
healthy laboratory dogs, healthy dogs from an animal shelter, and pet ...

[CITATION] Animal abuse and family violence
JA Quinlisk - … abuse, domestic violence, and animal abuse: Linking the …, 1999


MH STEESE - US Patent 1,887,108, 1932 - Google Patents
... My invention relates to improvements in animal shelters and is particularly
directed to a portable shelter for domestic animals. ...

Source: Google Scholar

The Shelter Of The Future: Increasingly, Animals Shelters Do More Than Expected - Emergency Care, Oncology And Animal Rescue
Animal cages are stacked two or three high along concrete-block walls and concrete corridors that echo with the sounds of barking so loud it can be overwhelming and stressful for visitors and the animals. In many cases, this can seem a harsh but accurate portrayal of an animal shelter, but shelters across the country are striving to try a completely new, better way that marries animal housing and adoption services with high-quality veterinary medical care.

During the 144th annual convention of the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) in Washington, DC, on July 18, 2007, three directors from the Washington Animal Rescue League (WARL) - Executive Director, Scotlund Haisley; Medical Director, Dr. Gary Weitzman; and Director of Communications, Jim Monsma-will discuss how common problems of animal shelters can be solved through improved design and community outreach.
Today, as the result of multiple expansions at WARL's shelter, it houses up to 400 animals in a cage-less environment. Each animal unit has its own separate ventilation system, and the facility includes skylights, glass pet apartments, waterfalls, heated floors, a cat exercise room, and even soft soothing music.

The facility also includes an animal hospital open seven days a week that is redefining what most would consider shelter medicine.

"Life for an animal in a typical shelter can be filled with stress, anxiety, and depression," explains Scotlund Haisley, executive director of WARL. "The traditional concrete, cinder clock, and steel bar shelters simply do not meet the animal's basic physical and behavioral needs, much less facilitate a recovery from whatever traumatic situation brought them to the shelter in the first place. As a result, many of these animals get sick and develop behavioral problems. People, even many in the animal welfare field, have gotten so used to this that they see it as inevitable. But we thought that if we painstakingly designed a new concept in animal sheltering, considering even the smallest detail from the animals' point of view, we could build a facility that actually encourages recovery and adoption."

Haisley said that the WARL serves a leadership role in shelter medicine, and part of his mission is to help educate others to improve the quality of animal shelters around the world.

"Word travels quickly in this field," Haisley said. "I've been doing at least six tours a week for other animal welfare professionals. That's what I hoped would happen. Our dream has been to make this shelter a model and a tangible resource for any group that houses and rehabilitates animals. We're proud to be the first to build such a shelter, but we do not want it be the only one of its kind."

WARL expanded its facilities in 2006, doubling its capacity to house animals, and the renovations included new intake and holding rooms, a new community room, an expanded medical center, and new acquaintance rooms to encourage adoption by providing more time for people to get to know the shelter's animals. Perhaps one of the most ambitious aspects of WARL programs is the ambitious, high-quality veterinary medical care that is happening there.

Dr. Gary Weitzman, WARL's medical director, said that the new shelter hospital, which was built in 1996, is dramatically changing "shelter medicine" as it is considered today. It also opens up new opportunities to offer 'social work veterinary care,' by offering services to about 5,000 clients, three-fourths of whom are income-restricted. Dr. Weitzman said that these low-income programs have been very successful, but that success also brings challenges. "It's a tremendous financial drain for the hospital, so we have to make up the difference with fund-raising," Dr. Weitzman.

The WARL hospital also offers advanced care. There is an orthopedic specialist available to repair fractures, the shelter hospital offers veterinary ophthalmologic services, and has a veterinary oncologist on staff.

"We see a lot of dogs with mammary cancer, and we do chemotherapy if the prognosis is good," Dr. Weitzman said, explaining that chemotherapy and other advanced medical care are available to animals that come in with owners to the hospital, and also to shelter animals.

"Many people have a perception that shelter medicine is very repetitive," Dr. Weitzman said. "I haven't had a `normal' day in four years."
Jim Monsma, director of communications at the WARL, discusses the challenges of communicating the availability of healthcare to the low-income community. It's not always the case that "if you build it, they will come," he said.

"It's hard," Monsma said. "In the low income community, the best communications approach is word-of-mouth. You have to be conveniently located with transit nearby. You can't really rely on appointments, but rather have hours and treat patients as they come in, and services must be attractive financially."

Shelter management is one of many current topics being discussed at the AVMA Annual Convention.

The AVMA and its more than 75,000 member veterinarians are engaged in a wide variety of activities dedicated to advancing the science and art of animal, human and public health.

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