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Gimme Shelter and a Pound of Advice <br />GLOSSARY: <br />Adoption Barriers <br />Policies or procedures that make adoption, fostering, or volunteering a challenge. <br />Asilomar <br />Asilomar refers to an animal welfare industry conference held at Asilomar in Pacific <br />Grove, California. Statistical guidelines developed from this meeting became known as <br />the Asilomar Accords: Participating shelters compile their own data into `Asilomar' <br />reports, publish their data, and forward their reports to Humane Rescue Alliance which <br />compiles nationwide animal welfare statistics. <br />Behavior Dogs <br />Dogs identified as having challenging behaviors. <br />Capacity for Care <br />- Capacity for Care is an organization's ability to appropriately care for the animals it <br />_serves. This is based on a range of parameters including, but not limited to, the number <br />of appropriate housing units; staffing for programs or services; staff training; average <br />length of stay; and the total number of reclaims, adoptions, transfers, returns, or other <br />outcomes. <br />Community Cat <br />An unowned cat can be social with people or not. A "Community Cat" is an umbrella <br />definition that includes any outdoor, free roaming cat. These cats may be "Feral" (un- <br />socialized) or friendly or may have been born into the wild. Usually, a Community Cat is <br />a friendly cat. <br />Feral Cats <br />Feral cats are not socialized to, and are extremely fearful of, contact with people. <br />Typically, they do not respond well in captivity. A feral cat is typically born in <br />the wild or outdoors with little to no human interaction. If you attempt to get too close or <br />try to pet them, feral cats view your hand as a claw that will harm them and will hiss <br />and/or run away. Feral cats are born from other ferals or from stray cats. <br />Kill / No Kill <br />- - - - Kill-/ No.Kill refers to a shelter's policy respecting euthanasia. A no kill shelter will not <br />conduct euthanasia, with exceptions for humane reasons. Practices of no kill shelters <br />.vary along a spectrum, that reject the use of euthanasia as a primary means of <br />population control and health management. A kill shelter will conduct euthanasia for a <br />variety of reasons that include animal control, medical and population control, and <br />ORANGE COUNTY GRAND JURY 2022 1 2023 PAGE 48 OF 51 <br />