Hey ya'll,
Looking to see if anyone has any placement criteria policies they'd be willing to share for cats. It seems really easy to locate criteria for dogs to determine placement or euthanasia decision pathways but as far as I can tell there is nothing for cats.
Our shelter uses the attached policy to monitor welfare for dogs, review critical events, and determine placement considerations. We utilize the CARS framework for quantifying risk to help eliminate some of the bias/emotion from the classifications and focus on objective observations.
The only thing I've found regarding classifying cat behavior is ASPCA's Feline Spectrum Assessment which, near as I can tell, simply determines feral vs social.
We've run in to a number of bitey cats lately displaying behaviors that are at times unpredictable but when the policy was written for placement considerations it did not directly include cats and I feel like there is an addendum necessary.
#AdmissionsandIntake(includingIntake-to-placement)#AdoptionsandAdoptionPrograms#Behavior,TrainingandEnrichment#FieldServicesandPublicSafety*------------------------------
Matt Montes, CBCC-KA
Behavior and Training Specialist
Rancho Coastal Humane Society
Encinitas CA
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