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What I have been reading is what you have described. Large cat rooms with scratching posts. The double sided cages seem to be prefered as well. Where the back of the cat cage is actually the public viewing side. Plus the caging area has central aisle with cages on the perimeter the keep daily cleaning out of public sight.
Also larger dog areas where 2-3 dogs can be kept in the same kennel. Rooms where mothers can stay with their pups until all are adopted. Even putting a single puppy with a calm adult dog to help keep the puppy calm and relaxed as well as to teach much needed social skills.
Epoxy floors seem to be the thing as well. Epoxy flooring wrapped up the side of the walls atleast 16 inches just in case some one lifts his leg.
One thing that has me concerned is the location of this building on the site. As the site is laid out now, the public will have to go through several parking lots and around several other buildings to get to the animal shelter. I brought this to the architects attention. People who throw away animals are not going to go to the trouble of driving through all of that to surrend their animals . People who throw away animals are lazy. The shelter needs to have direct public access from the main road. I hope I made that point clear enough.
And yes, containment areas are something we will need be very careful with. Not just lay out, but plumbing and mechanical systems. I didn't think about a room for euthanazia.
Thanks for you ideas!
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