Relevant characteristics of facilities and management of public animal shelters in the state of paraná, Brazil, for animal welfare

ABSTRACT Animals may be eventually collected by public shelters in Brazil and the shelter’s environment directly affects their quality of life. This work studied relevant characteristics of the physical facilities and the management of establishments liked to the municipal public power that shelter dogs, cats and horses in the state of Paraná. It was registered 17 municipalities with 20 shelters, of which 18 participated in the research. All the municipalities maintained dogs, seven (41.2%) maintained cats and eight (47.1%) kept horses. All the shelters had social housing; two (11.8%) of dogs and five (71.5%) of cats housing one animal per pen; four (22,2%) there were pens that didn’t have visualization for outside; 11 (64.7%) had cleaning correctly; five (29.4%) shelters that sheltered dogs and one (14.3%) that sheltered cats didn’t have area for quarantine and isolation restroom; beds were available in 15 (88.2%), five (71.4%) and one (12.5%) of the pens of dogs, cats and horses, respectively. Animal shelters in Paraná should ban pens isolation, include one bedding per animal and socialize the animals. In addition, there is an opportunity to increase the animal welfare through improvements in animal management and sanitary management, which do not depend on the housing improvements.

摘要：巴西公立动物收容所最终可接收各类流浪动物，收容所的环境状况直接影响动物的生活质量。本研究针对巴拉那州（Paraná）内隶属于市级公共管理部门、收容犬、猫及马的场所，对其硬件设施与运营管理的相关特征展开调研。本次共登记17个下辖收容机构的市镇，总计20家收容所，其中18家参与了本次研究。所有受访市镇均设有犬只收容点；其中7家（占比41.2%）设有猫只收容点，8家（占比47.1%）设有马只收容点。所有收容所均配备社会化饲养设施；其中11.8%的犬只栏舍、71.5%的猫只栏舍实现单栏单畜饲养；22.2%的栏舍不具备对外可视条件；64.7%的收容所清洁流程合规规范。29.4%的犬只收容机构、14.3%的猫只收容机构未设置检疫隔离区域及隔离卫生间；犬、猫、马的栏舍中，分别有88.2%、71.4%、12.5%配备了专用畜床。巴拉那州的动物收容所应完善隔离栏舍设置、为每头动物配备专用畜床，并推行动物社会化适应训练。此外，无需依赖饲养环境改造，仅通过优化动物管护与卫生管理流程，即可有效提升收容动物的福利水平。