Proposal For Animal Shelter Funding

Proposal for Animal Shelter Funding Student’s Name Institutional Affiliation Abstract The basis of this proposal is to conduct an investigation on animal welfare and the need to promote and advocate for their rights. Arguably, animal shelters play a significant role in the promotion of an animal’s wellbeing. Without shelter, many animals would be loitering in the neighborhoods. For that reason, policymakers should enhance positive collaboration between the relevant stakeholders, thus fostering positive results. Both stakeholders should work towards improving and taking care of animals such as dogs. Moreover, they should emphasize more on dog ownership. Although most organizations receive donations to operate, others receive funds from the government. The specific amount of funds each facility receives has an impact on the overall number of animals it can accommodate. The proposal involves conducting an investigation on animal shelter funding and the related emotional connection to dog ownership. Keywords: Types of animals, shelter funding, animal shelter costs, donations, government funding, dog ownership, and rescues. Introduction Over the last decade, the overall number of homeless animals has increased tremendously because of pet overpopulation. In some instances, the increasing number of animals results in euthanasia practices as a way of controlling the number of pets in shelters. Therefore, it is imperative to encourage the funding of animal shelters for effective operations. Besides, policymakers ought to collaborate with other relevant stakeholders to advocate for animal welfare education to the current and potential dog owners. Creating an awareness campaign can play a relevant role in combating instances of animal homelessness. Accordingly, encouraging other people to donate towards enhancing an animal’s welfare in the shelter is important because it eradicates vagrancy. Additionally, educating the community can lead to better use of animal welfare issues. In most cases, people lack the requisite information about animal welfare. Literature Review Animal welfare has been one of the major concerns in different parts of the world. Notably, it is apparent that the present adoption mechanisms in animal shelters determine the overall number of adoptions and donations. According to Lord & Widmar (2014), one of the primary ways of increasing the number of open spaces and saving more lives would be reducing the adoption fee incurred during peak kitten and puppy season. However, it is not important to increase the financial well-being of the shelters if the cost per animal exceeds the generated revenue. An increase in animal density results in the escalation of costs of operation and the maintenance of animal welfare. Similarly, Powell, Chia, McGreevy, Podberscek, Edwards, Neilly, & Stamatakis (2018), argue that dog ownership is one of the popular practices globally. In fact, most owners are likely to form a strong relationship with the animals. Nevertheless, the number of animals surrendered to animal shelters has been increasing over the years. For this reason, researchers considered it plausible to explore the benefits and challenges associated with dog ownership. People who have a long history of dog ownership are expected to accrue benefits from keeping pets. Just like other authors, Powell et al., (2018) support the need for education among prospective dog owners with the intent of ensuring that their anticipations align with the reality of dog ownership. Mohan-Gibbons, Weiss, Garrison, & Allison (2014) assert that animal adoption programs vary across different areas in the United States. The authors contend that many dogs enter animal welfare organizations on an annual basis, but just a few of them are adopted. Although most Americans own a dog or a pet, only 20% of them used the legal procedures of acquiring them from the animal welfare organization. However, dog owners acquire their pets from different facilities. Accordingly, the novel program can be an effective adoption strategy, which may have numerous benefits. Speciesism has a positive correlation with homophobia, sexism, and racism. In the development of cities, animal management has become one of the major concerns to the public. According to Caviola, Everett, & Faber (2018), animal shelters play a significant role in enhancing the wellbeing of homeless pet animals. In fact, the overall number of animals moving around neighborhoods causing damage and harming other animals would be quite high without animal shelters. Most shelters receive donations and government funding to facilitate their operations. Apparently, the overall amount a shelter receives has an impact on the number of animals that a facility can accommodate. After conducting research on the various aspects of running an animal shelter, it would be of the essence to build functional animal shelters to accommodate more animals and enhance their overall well-being. Over the years, one of the major challenges has been accessing enough funds for the operation of animal shelters. Methodology Our main focus will be gathering relevant information on the welfare of animals and the need for a donation towards the effective operation of animal shelters. We will conduct semi-structured interviews to collect data on people’s perceptions towards animal’s welfare. Although the research structure is similar to all research participants, interviewers will have the autonomy to vary some of the questions in accordance with situation demands. We chose the method of research based on a general set of questions that respondents have to answer. Through the semi-structured interview, questions were designed to elicit rational responses and enlighten the potential audience about animal shelters. The participants in the research will be chosen based on their expertise in relevant research areas. We shall interview about five individuals, who work to educate and care for animals. Participants * Madison Vincent ([email protected]) * Kimberly Scott ([email protected]) * Emma Hausbeck ([email protected]) * Haorui Luo ([email protected]) Materials We shall need diff...