"Shelter intake" refers to the process in which animals or people are taken in and admitted into a shelter, where they can receive care, protection, and support.
Full definition
In striving towards their mission, ASAP had a history of collaboration on various community projects including those aimed at
reducing shelter intake of cats and dogs.
The huge decline
in shelter intake in the time period from 1970 to 2000 had little or nothing to do with No Kill.
However, this decline has not been uniform; levels
of shelter intake and euthanasia vary across communities and are different for dogs and cats.
Studies show that consistent efforts to spay / neuter animals can have a significant impact
on shelter intake levels within 6 to 7 years.
Do you want to reduce
shelter intake by 20 percent in one year at your local animal shelter?
In the past,
high shelter intake in a community was almost always a sign of a lack of sufficient low - cost spay - neuter services.
The results have important implications
for shelter intake policies and breed - labeling practices.
From there, targeted vaccination clinics can improve immunity in those locations, decreasing disease rates and possibly
shelter intake as a whole.
Today, the best estimates are that we have only one - fifth or less
shelter intake per thousand people as we had in 1970.
Background Per
capita shelter intake and euthanasia have been in a steady decline nationwide for the past several decades.
In addition, these types of organizations usually display aggressive spay / neuter efforts within their communities, and booming humane education programs to further prevent unwanted litters and
future shelter intake.
In fact, the statistics we have (imperfect as they are) indicate a very strong trend of falling
shelter intake dating back to 1970.
Get a complete overview of shelter vaccination protocols and hear a two - part series on
proper shelter intake.
Another
reason shelter intake spikes in the summer is because more stray animals are brought in as pets are more likely to roam outside in the warm weather.
Getting shelter intake under control and reducing the number of homeless animals in the environment was a necessary first step in making communities safe for pets, but it was only a first step.
The intervention itself was designed and implemented in a comprehensive way by seeking numerous paths to engage pet owners and
reduce shelter intake of cats and Pit Bull type dogs.
Studies show that at least five (5) surgeries subsidized for low income pet owners for every one thousand (1,000) people in the area in question will
decrease shelter intake.
Studies have also shown a decline
in shelter intake when targeted spay / neuter programs are used to manage community (stray, feral) cat populations.
The foundation of the community's success was the creation and funding of a low - income sterilization program in 2008, which lowered
shelter intake from 10,000 to 5,000 annually.
Clifton's estimates are derived not from surveys of homeowners feeding stray and feral cats, but from «information about the typical numbers of cats found in common habitat types, gleaned from a national survey of cat rescuers... cross-compared with animal
shelter intake data.»
While these provisions play an important role in ensuring pet and public safety, they can also unwittingly
increase shelter intake and euthanasia when owners do not have the funds to pay for a new dog house, license fees, sterilization costs or attendant penalties.
Public / private partnerships have been instrumental in helping these shelters convert to no - kill by promoting and increasing adoptions, reducing
shelter intake through targeted spay / neuter services and saving community cats.
Between 2004 and 2008, the state saw a rise of 54,000 in the number of animals killed annually in shelters (from 378,445 to 432,412)
while shelter intake jumped by 106,404 (from 729,238 to 835,642).
Feline Shelter Intake Reduction Program FAQs Community Cats: A Shelter Director's Evolution Best Friends Animal Sanctuary: Community Cats Community Cats CT: Our TNR Philosophy Animal Sheltering magazine: Change for Community Cats [PDF]
When you see high
shelter intake relative to the human population and a low reclaim rate, you are probably in a place where the residents don't have the resources to keep their pets off the street and safely at home, or the resources to look for them when they disappear.
Percentage of
total shelter intake comprised of cats: Approximately 50 % (but in some regions 2/3 of shelter population is cats)
HSVMA has obtained RACE CE accreditation for veterinarians and veterinary technicians attending Animal Care Expo 2018 for 16 different Expo workshops on timely topics such as best practices for shelter medicine, community cat return - to - field programs,
managing shelter intake and disease outbreaks, dog relocation programs, community medicine programs, compassion fatigue, and more.
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