WOW.com Web Search

  1. Ads

    related to: different types of animal shelters

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Animal shelter - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_shelter

    Animal shelter. An animal shelter or pound is a place where stray, lost, abandoned or surrendered animals – mostly dogs and cats – are housed. The word "pound" has its origins in the animal pounds of agricultural communities, where stray livestock would be penned or impounded until they were claimed by their owners.

  3. Animal sanctuary - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_sanctuary

    Farmed animal sanctuaries (FAS) provide care, shelter and advocacy of farmed animal species such as chickens, cows, goats, fish, horses, pig, turkeys, and sheep. The farm sanctuary layout tends to resemble traditional farms however functions differently. [7] FAS as a movement began with Gene Baur, the co-founder of Farm Sanctuary, the first ...

  4. Animal rescue group - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_rescue_group

    An animal rescue group or animal rescue organization is a group dedicated to pet adoption. These groups take unwanted, abandoned, abused, or stray pets and attempt to find suitable homes for them. Many rescue groups are created by and run by volunteers, who take animals into their homes and care for them—including training, playing, handling ...

  5. What are no-kill animal shelters and how do they work? - AOL

    www.aol.com/news/no-kill-animal-shelters...

    Different shelter and rescue models face different challenges if they start to run out of room. Most North Carolina municipal shelters are open-intake, kill shelters that euthanize for space and time.

  6. List of animal welfare organizations - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_animal_welfare...

    Animal welfare organizations are concerned with the health, safety and psychological wellness of individual animals. These organizations include animal rescue groups and wildlife rehabilitation centers, which care for animals in distress and sanctuaries , where animals are brought to live and be protected for the rest of their lives.

  7. Structures built by animals - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structures_built_by_animals

    Structures built by animals. A so-called "cathedral" mound produced by a termite colony. Structures built by non-human animals, often called animal architecture, [1] are common in many species. Examples of animal structures include termite mounds, ant hills, wasp and beehives, burrow complexes, beaver dams, elaborate nests of birds, and webs of ...

  1. Ads

    related to: different types of animal shelters