POPULATION OF DOGS AND HOUSING CONDITIONS IN POLISH SHELTERS FOR HOMELESS ANIMALS EXEMPLIFIED BY THE DATA FROM THE SZCZECIN SHELTER FOR HOMELESS ANIMALS IN THE YEARS 2002 - 2007

• Main Authors: MAŁGORZATA PIERKO, MARCELINA GAIK
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Львовский национальный университет ветеринарной медицины и биотехнологий имени С.З. Гжицкого 2009
• Subjects: DOG (CANIS LUPUS FAMILIARIS),SHELTER FOR HOMELESS ANIMALS,HOUSING CONDITIONS,POPULATION; Canis lupus
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The analysis included the state and the housing conditions in the shelter, the population of dogs, adoptions, euthanasias, castrations, deaths, escapes, the number of dogs rehomed by the original owners. The observations ascertained the trends regarding the homeless dogs in the shelter, the future prospects for the center and its rank among other animal shelters in Poland. The overpopulation problem was noted, and henceforth the the exceeding quantity of euthanized and dead cases. Another problem was the shortage of financial means for the management of the center, and henceforth insufficient sanitary and housing conditions for the animals. Encouraging seems the growing tendency to the adoptions. Despite the above problems, the shelter managed well in comparison to other animal centers in Poland, however it does not belong to the best ones. Positive solution for the future for this center should be an intensified advertising and educational campaign as well as an acquisition of more volunteers and a higher financial aid from various potential sources.