What is it about?
Housing impacts shelter cat health and well-being. Many shelters have single cage housing that is too small for housing cats. In this paper we share a simple solution to this vexing problem along with many other tips and tricks for meeting shelter cat housing needs.
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Why is it important?
"Poor cat housing is one of the greatest shortcomings observed in shelters and has a substantially negative impact on both health and well-being" Guidelines for Standards of Care in Animal Shelters - The Association of Shelter Veterinarians, 2010 https://www.sheltervet.org/assets/docs/shelter-standards-oct2011-wforward.pdf
Perspectives
It has been a pleasure to write this article together with Drs. Hurley and Stavisky. It reflects much of the knowledge and understanding I have gained on the role of housing in shelter animal health and well being. Great to be a part of this exciting area of animal sheltering.
denae wagner
University of California Davis
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This page is a summary of: Shelter housing for cats: Practical aspects of design and construction, and adaptation of existing accommodation, Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery, July 2018, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/1098612x18781390.
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