gentling shelter cats

Pictures of sad shelter cats tend to go viral and enhance chance of adoption

14 facts about the duration of stay at shelters by rescue cats

At Battersea Dogs & Cats Home, the following statistics are provided by an online newspaper regarding the speed of adoption of cats within their care. I can’t find the information on the rescue’s website. The average length of stay for cats at the Kent location of Battersea Dogs & Cats Home is, as expected, dependent …

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Out-of-cage time in shelters are clearly an important part of maintaining mental health

Out-of-cage time for cats and dogs at animal shelters

Nathan Winograd was the director of an open-admission animal control shelter. He is America’s best-known and best-informed shelter animal advocate. When he was a director of a shelter, he ensured that the animals in his care, both dogs and cats, were released from their cages during the day as follows: Dogs: a minimum four times …

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Shelter worker adopts shelter cat

Gently stroking and talking to cats at rescue centers prevents upper respiratory infections

You might not have heard of the words. I certainly hadn’t until today. They are “gentling” and to be “gentled”. Gentling is the action of stroking a cat gently and talking to them equally gently. It is the kind of thing that a rescue centre worker would want to do naturally because it is fun …

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