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With over 25 years experience working with and rehabilitating numerous species of animals, Miranda's mission is to provide practical training, solutions and advice (advocating compassion and highest standards) for those responsible for the care of stray, sick and unwanted animals.
Services include ...
Consultancy: Expert advice on animal welfare, specialising in shelter management for domestic and farm animals. 'Fresh eyes' can offer you the latest techniques and ideas to improve your services.
Mystery Shopper: Use this service to identify and reward excellent staff performance or highlight any failings in standard operating procedures or policies that could be resolved through change or refinement.
Project Management: Using well proven techniques, experience and common sense, we can help you to plan, manage and meet the objectives of your projects within your time frame and budget.
Public Relations: Using a great network of media, celebrity and animal welfare organisations, Miranda is able to use her positive relationships to help you to 'open doors' with your campaign, product or promotion.
Secretariat: Assistant to animal welfare executives and international organisations to carry out administrative, diary, conference and meeting management, liaison and co-ordination from our Surrey office.
Shelter Audits: Non evasive on site appraisal and written report evaluating everything from productivity to policy. Recommendations are developed to improve shelter operations, staff skills and animal care.
Training: Pro-active and innovative approaches to training including practical 'hands-on' opportunities and interactive workshops in all aspects of animal handling and shelter management. |
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Miranda Luck + Associates was established to improve animal welfare worldwide and to meet the growing needs of today's animal care professionals.
We work with you to help your organisation to understand and implement legislation and best practice in animal homes, shelters, rescue centres, sanctuaries and pounds.
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RESCUE REVIEWS... what are people saying?
"We are very pleased to hear that we rate so high with our adopters"
"I totally support what you are doing and think it's a wonderful thing helping to improve rescues"
"Very excited to see how we rate!"
"We try and do our best but know there is always room for improvement - this will help us to prioritise and focus"
"I wish you all the best with the project. It has the potential to become a very valuable resource"
"It can be difficult to convince the trustees, but if our visitors feel the same - they will have to listen!"
"It's easy to get bogged down in the day to day stuff and forget about what our clients potential adopters actually think"
RESCUE REVIEWS...
Your views on animal adoption AND a chance to WIN a year's supply of pet food!
Rescue Reviews is a free to use, unbiased animal adoption comparison site which helps adopters or those considering animal adoption to gather useful information by either posting or reading personal opinions and ratings of adoption or rescue related issues. If you have recently visited, adopted or rescued a pet from an animal shelter or organisation, why not share your thoughts?
Animal shelters, rescue and rehoming organisations in the UK are un-regulated so here is your chance to give your opinion, praise or share your ideas on what could be done better.
Rescue Reviews is monitored by Miranda Luck - consultant to the animal welfare industry. Relevant information may be obtained or passed on to the organisations reviewed so that they may address any issues, improve services or reward excellent results.
Submit your reviews now!
BENCHMARK OF A GOOD SHELTER: Courtesy of ASPCA National Shelter Outreach.
The adage 'you can't judge a book by its cover', also applies to shelters. A shelter should not be judged by either its name or its appearance. The first indication of a good animal shelter is mandatory neutering of all animals. This includes both males and females, mixed breed as well as pedigree animals. No responsible shelter will adopt animals without making provisions for their neutering. Ideally all animals leaving a shelter should be neutered prior to entering their new homes. The revolving-door syndrome of adopting out one animal only to get back six of its offspring at a later date is patently self-defeating.
Additionally, a good shelter will:
- Work diligently to place as many animals as possible into responsible, loving, permanent homes. Shelter workers know that adopting animals without a comprehensive consultation all too often means placing animals into homes that are temporary at best.
- Distribute a variety of educational materials on proper pet care, animal behavior issues and overpopulation. These references will be disseminated not only to those people adopting or giving up pets, but to the general public through community education and outreach programs.
- Be well maintained and have a cheerful, bright appearance.
- Have hours that are convenient to the most people.
- Have a comprehensive health care program that includes both treatment of sick animals and preventive inoculations and medication.
- Ensure that the animals in its care are clean, dry and comfortable as possible.
- Aim to reduce stress for the animals in its care through grooming, exercise, behavioral enrichment, separation of species and providing general tender loving care.
- Have a friendly, inviting staff that is willing and able to assist the public.
A good shelter is not merely content to deal with animal problems in the community after the fact. A good shelter should be involved in all aspects of animal care and pet ownership and should aim to educate people about animals. In short, a shelters job is to get people to see the consequences of their actions so that animal suffering is prevented, not merely soothed.
Copyright © 2000. The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA). All Rights Reserved.
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Greece: Rhodes animal welfare 20/07/10 12:23
During a recent trip to Rhodes (Greece) I was fortunate to visit a very busy shelter caring for 200 dogs. The majority of these cross-breed mixes had been brought to the site by people who could no longer care ...more
Japan : Animal Refuge Kansai 08/06/10 13:21
Having met Elizabeth Oliver of ARK (Animal Refuge Kansai) at ICAWC conference some time ago, I took the opportunity to visit her in Japan at her proposed new shelter site in Shitsugawa, Sasayama and existing facilities in Nose. Elizabeth has had a very interesting life moving to Jap...more
USA: Prince Georges County Animal Shelter 08/06/10 13:20
Animal shelters in the US care for 6 to 8 million dogs and cats annually. Sadly, more than 4 million of those homeless pets are euthanized over the year. Although, many shelters are moving towards a "no-kill" policy, some animal welfare professionals find themselves in a diffic...more
South Africa: Cape of Good Hope SPCA 08/06/10 13:20
The Cape of Good Hope SPCA is a bustling place with animal rehoming, low cost veterinary clinic, operating theatre, equine centre and boarding kennels all on the one site. It was incredibly busy last year caring for over 11000 dogs and cats. This figure is made up of strays but also ...more
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