This document outlines key steps for establishing an effective animal transport program between shelters to save lives. It discusses finding partner organizations, defining criteria and medical requirements, determining animal needs, transport logistics, and developing intake protocols for receiving and sending animals. The overall goal is to creatively move animals to places that have capacity and community demand for them.

1. 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…
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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
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Animals
• What
does
your
community
want
• What
is
your
capacity
• Behavior
assessment
• Age
• Physical
Characteristics
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2.
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
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Transport
• Volunteers
and
a
sprinter
vs
commercial
transport
company
• ASV
guidelines
for
transport
• How
many
animals
and
how
often
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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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Additional
Notes
and
Comments:
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