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Shelter Design

Yes, design does matter. Designing your shelter to enhance health and behavior for animals is a powerful preventative tool to keeping your residents healthy, happy and ready for adoption.

  • Guidelines for Standards of Care in Animal Shelters - ASV 2010

    October 2011
    Dr. Annette Litster, Director of Maddie's Shelter Medicine Program at the Purdue University School of Veterinary Medicine, presents a review of the Association of Shelter Veterinarian's newly published Shelter Standards Document.  Read More
  • Life Enrichment for Shelter Animals

    May 2010
    Enrichment for shelter animals reduces stress (and disease), increases adoptions and radically improves the well-being and quality of life for canine and feline residents.  Read More
  • Extreme Make-Over Shelter Edition

    May 2010
    Mike Fry, the Executive Director of Animal Ark, in Hastings, Minnesota, shares with listeners what you can do to rebuild an animal shelter with a budget of zero, a group of 6 people and 24 hours.  Read More