How we address the pandemic will affect Animal shelter design for a generation
Adoption and surrender lobbies must be large enough to accommodate social distancing.
Curbside pick-up and drop-off may be utilized.
Filling out surrender documents and adoption papers might occur outside the shelter building on a porch or patio, or perhaps in a community room that is large enough to allow social distancing, or…
Documentation may be completed entirely online.
Covid-19 is showing up in intake animals, necessitating the need for immediate triage and bathing.
Personal protective equipment should be worn by staff when handling untested animals.
Viewing adoptable animals should be through glass. Separation by kennel grating only is not sanitary enough.
100% fresh air should be provided in kennel spaces with 10 air changes per hour minimum.
Provide integrated cleaning systems for quaternary disinfectants Rescue or Accel.
This is a shelter Brevard Architecture recently designed that addresses these needs.
