Sons school project.?

Question

My 5th grade son is doing a project for school. He is going to be opening an Animal shelter. We are trying to find out the process that goes on from the time the animal is rescued to the time theyre adopted. More Specifically the medications or vaccinations. He is supposed to be figuring out upstart costs and we are working on what types of medications should be in stock/on hand.

Answer 1

I work for a shelter and am a long time PAWS volunteer/advocate.

I can help you here.

A shelter is very expensive to start up. You need to get what is called a 501.3c tax exemption, for a non-profit organization, and the average cost of that is $1500.

Then, when you get that, you need certification from all state and local agencies including zoning, and other commissions. The petition has to be given to the Board of Supervisors asking for the rescue organization, and then the housing district where you are located may also have a quarrel with it, so you may have to rent or purchase alternative housing for the rescued animals.

Generally, it has to be out of city limits, enough that people are not disturbed by noise and traffic.

Then, you need to get the trucks, vehicles, volunteers and paid staff to care for such a facility. Nobody does it 100% for free. Volunteers do, but they work beneath paid staff.

We finally get to the dogs. After everything is done, then you need to show ways to support the dogs. There isn't enough $. It's that simple. So, there are food drives, and blanket drives and organized events you need to put together.

He could start by rescuing a few dogs, and then getting larger from there.

A dog comes into the shelter either by means of owner surrender or by being found by a civilian or a shelter employee. The dog is kept for up to a week, depending on the shelter, but in most cases 48 hours is sufficient to know if the owner wants the dog back, if it's a found dog.

The dog is initially given a quick examination by the vet or staff, and is put into general dog population, in a kennel, marked as found and tagged for gender, species, color and if it is spayed or neutered. Approximate age may be determined later, when the dog comes up for adoption.

Then, when the 48 hours is up, the dog is put into the general population, if it is healthy, and given the basic dog shots, not including rabies vaccination, and sometimes is given a Bordatella shot to prevent Kennel Cough.

Once it's in general population, different shelters have different practices of how long the dog will be kept alive. Many are only 24 hour, but some are no - kill shelters, which means that the animal is kept indeffinitely until adopted.

In our shelter, we try to keep it at least 2 weeks. Often, we are so full that to put in a new dog who someone brings in, we must put someone else to sleep. Isn't that horrible?

I come in about 2 days after the dog is put into general population and I take them out and assess their behavior, to see if they have any aggression issues. I pull tails, pet the dog, rub it all over, let it play in the yard for 20 minutes or more, and then I throw it toys to see if it fetches, and see if it knows any commands. I also look at teeth to evaluate the age of the dog.

Then, a volunteer (someone like me) its photo and write up a personalized statement about the dog. She tries very hard to save its life by puting that image on Petfinder.org and if there is someone out there who wants it once they see its picture, they come rescue the dog and take it home.

The sad truth is very few get adopted once in a shelter. It's like their "death row". Heartbreaking, but very true.

80% of our dogs are Pitt Bulls or crosses of this breed. It is highly overbred in the USA and it needs to be modified and censored so we can get a control of the overpopulation of these dogs.

It's unfair to the dogs. Simple as that.

Good luck with the report. I do hope this helps.

Answer 2

I have volunteered in a shelter and before the animals go through anything they are checked out by a vet to see if there is anything wrong with them so tests are run, then usually rabies vaccine's are given and penicillin, and the vets get the animals up to date with all their shots, then they get fixed so none of the dogs begin to breed, usually shelters will not sell a dog unless it is fixed, and after the dog has recovered it goes onto the floor, or adoption area. Also flea and heartworm meds. are usually given upon arrival. The usual costs are around 100-250 just depending of spay-neuter costs.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

Are we assumming this is a hypothetical animal shelter? My suggestion would be to contact your local humane society and they will be happy to give you the information. I'm sure they would be happy to help educate people on the goings on of a shelter.

Answer 5

Opening a shelter is a little bit of a gigantic project - are you sure about that?
If your son is researching shelters, it's easy to contact local ones - just go to
http://www.petfinder.com/
and type in your zip code. You can e-mail them to explain what the project is about and take it from there.

Answer 6

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