Saving  Lives  One  Mile  at  a  Time    

 Mandie  Wehr,  DVM  

Veterinarian  Coastal  Humane  Society  UC  Davis  ASPCA  Fellow  

 Sandra  Newbury,  DVM  

Koret  Shelter  Medicine  Program  Center  for  Companion  Animal  Health  U  C  Davis  School  of  Veterinary  Medicine  

   Solicitation  

• Finding  organizations  to  work  with  • The  importance  of  a  point  person  and  group  effort  • ASV  message  boards,  ASPCA  100K  challenge,  etc…  

 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________    Partnerships  

• Define  criteria  based  on  mission  and  goals    • Develop  medical  prerequisites  • Start  talking  to  potential  partners  • Be  creative  in  findings  ways  to  help  your  potential  partner  meet  your  criteria  

 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________    Animals  

• What  does  your  community  want  • What  is  your  capacity  • Behavior  assessment  • Age  • Physical  Characteristics  

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 Prerequisites  

• Review  your  own  intake  standards  (vaccination,  testing,  etc…)  • Determine  how  much  cost  your  organization  can  incur  per  animal  • Know  the  import  state  law  • Ability  to  provide  animals  with  the  appropriate  paperwork  to  travel  

 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________    Transport  

• Volunteers  and  a  sprinter  vs  commercial  transport  company  • ASV  guidelines  for  transport  • How  many  animals  and  how  often  

 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________    Intake/Sending  

• Review  your  organization  intake  protocols  • Establish  which  portions  of  the  intake  process  the  source  vs  destination  

shelter  will  acquire  for  each  animal  • Develop  protocols  for  physical  intake  of  transport  animals  (including  but  not  

limited  to  unloading  of  animals,  receiving  processes,  daily  care,  etc…)  Or  

• Develop  protocols  for  the  process  of  animals  leaving  source  shelter  (including  but  not  limited  to  last  minute  exams,  loading  plan,  paperwork,  etc.)  

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