Procedure of animal acceptance procedure in the Animal Shelter:
– According to Latvian legislation, any individual who encounters a stray animal is obliged to report this to the local government (A stray animal is considered an animal left without a home or without the care and supervision of the owner (with the exception of a wild animal). A sterilized and marked cat is not considered a stray animal , living in urban and rural areas near residential buildings.). The local government, in turn, within the framework of its funding, is obliged to take measures and place this animal either in the local government shelter or in the shelter with which the local government has an agreement (Article 8. and 39. Animal Protection Law Dzīvnieku aizsardzības likums (likumi .lv)).
– Support and cooperation with local governments is very important for the OTRĀ MĀJA shelter. Therefore, if the pet you find does not need urgent help (not injured, not exhausted, etc.), you need to contact your local government. The local government may also know the owner of the pet and take action without placing the pet in a shelter.
– The OTRĀ MĀJA shelter has cooperation agreements with some local governments. The shelter does not perform the function of clearing the streets of stray animals, as municipal shelters are required to do. OTRĀ MĀJA is a charitable organization and animals are not euthanized here in case of lack of space and an influx of stray animals. Therefore, we enter into agreements on cooperation, not on the provision of services, and accept animals into the shelter only if we have free places. In this case, the local government provides 14 days of keeping the pets in the shelter and primary, necessary veterinary services. The first 14 days at the shelter are also a quarantine period to identify any diseases the pet may be carrying, and also the time the pet owner can contact the shelter to reclaim their pet. After 14 days, the shelter becomes the owner of the pet and has the right to adapt the pet to the new owner. The maintenance of each pet (in this case) 14 days after admission to the OTRĀ MĀJA shelter is ensured through donations from caring people.
– If you find a pet that urgently needs help, that is injured, suffering and urgently needs special care, but you cannot contact the local government or they have flatly refused you, please call us at CONTACT NUMBERS (Contacts – Otramaja.lv) , and if we have the opportunity and space, we will definitely accept this pet and provide him with all the necessary help. In this case, the maintenance of the pet from the first days will be carried out through donations from caring people.
– Also, you can take in temporary custody healthy pets from the shelter, ready for adoption into new homes, in exchange for new animals accepted for quarantine. At the same time, the owners of these pets will have shelter, and you will be provided with everything necessary to keep these pets at home. We enter into an agreement for the temporary maintenance of healthy pets ready for adoption.
Rules of animal acceptance procedure in the Animal Shelter:
– The shelter management has the right to refuse to accept an animal into the shelter.
– The shelter does not accept animals from individuals who no longer want or are unable to keep the animal for any reason. In this case, the shelter can enter into an agreement with the owner (for a certain payment) for the temporary care of the pet until adoption into a new home.
– Stray dogs, cats and other pets are accepted into the shelter if the shelter has enough space to accommodate them;
– Priority for admission to the shelter is given to animals: those in need of veterinary care; also those that were confiscated due to ill-treatment; those whose owner/keeper has died; homeless puppies and kittens without mothers; pregnant dogs and cats; dogs and cats from municipal shelters that may be euthanized due to lack of space;
– The OTRĀ MĀJA shelter will always accept back animals that have been adopted from it;
– If it is possible to identify an animal entering the shelter, the owner will be informed of the animal’s whereabouts within 24 hours;
– The animal shelter provides a search for the owner or keeper of a pet admitted to the shelter through the media;
– If it is impossible to find the owner or keeper of the animal within 14 days, then the shelter has the right to adopt the animal to another owner or keeper, or to leave the animal at the shelter;
– A practicing veterinarian is involved in the work of the shelter, with whom the shelter has an agreement;
– The shelter keeps adopted animals for 14 days and after 14 days becomes their owner;
– The person transferring the animal to the shelter must provide information about himself and the found animal, which is included in the application;
– All animals entering the shelter are registered. The shelter has introduced a unified register of animals in both electronic and paper format. Information about the animal in the registry is stored electronically for 15 years after the animal is placed in the shelter.
– Shelter employees do not provide personal information about the person who adopted the animal, the person who handed over the animal to the shelter and other third parties;
