As you may already know, for the past year, I've volunteered at my local Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (OSPCA) shelter. It's been a wonderful experience, and I was very fortunate to be chosen to attend a two-day Meet Your Match Feline-ality training seminar. This ASPCA program matches adopters' preferences to the cat(s) who best fits the bill by assessing how cats will behave in a new environment. Shelters that have implemented the program experience almost 50% less returns and just as high an increase in adoptions. Go here to meet the nine different "Feline-alities" (or categories).
Although the initial implementation of the program may be huge, I'm looking forward to assessing the cats, in hopes that they will be adopted into loving homes more quickly.
6 comments:
Love those totally accurate cat-e-gories, Lynn!
Presently, I've got the "love bug" hands-down with my precious little boy, Patrick. But prior to him, I definitely had a "secret admirer" with my dearly departed little girl, Jazzy.
Great stuff. Thanks for sharing this.
Good luck cat-egorizing all your feline charges. Great to hear that the results are so much better, and hope that helps you all in the long run!
I haven't yet figured out which category my cat fits into, Georgie. She might be the secret admirer.
I hope it helps too, NT. There's over 400 cats at my local shelter.
Thank you so much for volunteering. I am so glad there are people like you to give of your time.
Kasha
http://www.trainingboerboels.blogspot.com
Thanks, Kasha.
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