Hi all!
I am a CVT at a shelter in Tallahassee, FL.
Our team is starting a program called MILK (Managing Intake of Lost Kittens).
The initiative with this program is to lower the intake of kittens in the shelter to maintain their health and wellbeing while also getting individualized care and socialization in the homes of those that have rescued them. There are a few programs like "Wait til 8" that have a similar motto, but the shelter is trying to reduce the amount of kittens we intake. Currently, we are very close to capacity with kittens and adult cats, and infection such as ringworm, upper respiratory infections, etc. are running through the shelter despite our best efforts to contain it. With kitten season coming soon, we hope to launch our program in March of 2023. I am leading the research and development of the program as well as developing the standard operating procedure. I was curious if anyone has a program set up similarly that would like to discuss and trade ideas as far as what our program should detail.
The goal of this program is to set rescuers up with all of the supplies they need to take care of kittens from newborns-8 week old kittens. The idea is to never have the shelter intake these kittens, and to support the rescuer in finding homes. We have section of our website dedicated to foster adoptions/rehoming animals. I suggested to our team that is starting MILK to have a tab added to our website for people to visit to adopt a kitten directly from our MILK program.
Any direction with help starting our program will be helpful and I appreciate your time with this matter.
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Madison Willeford
Certified Veterinary Technician
Tallahassee Animal Services
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