Shelter’s Edge

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   October 2nd, 2012 at 4:30 PM
   Pune Dracker, Editor, Shelters' Edge Says:

   No…it can’t be…we stumped you last week?! In a natural disaster or large-scale cruelty case that requires huge numbers of animals to be safely and swiftly housed for undetermined periods of time, out-of-the-box thinking can save valuable time and resources. In this case, it’s more like out-of-the-cardboard-box thinking…

   The photograph in this post features a temporary shelter in Hot Springs, AK, created by the ASPCA Field Investigations and Response team after seizing hundreds of small breed dogs from a puppy mill. See the dividers between the cages? They’re actually the broken-down cardboard boxes that the wire crates came in. “The cardboard between the kennels serves two functions,” explains the ASPCA’s Dr. Rhonda Windham, Forensic Veterinarian, Field Investigations and Response. “It’s a visual barrier between dogs, and it also creates a barrier so that infectious agents have more difficulty passing from one kennel to the next.”

   For more juicy tips like this, listen to the recording of our recent webinar, “Field Sheltering and Temporary Shelters:” [link to http://www.aspcapro.org/webinar-field-sheltering-and-temporary-s.php

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   October 3rd, 2012 at 11:24 AM
   Juliet Blake, RVT Says:

   We did something similar in Joplin, MO with the ASPCA following the tornado. It made a noticeable difference in the stress level of the dogs. When working with limited space, it’s a great solution. It seemed to reduce barrier frustration in many of the higher energy dogs.