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In April 2018, the staff and volunteers at LAPS saw their long time dream of the Cat Intake and Isolation Facility become a reality. Since opening its doors, this facility has housed hundreds of cats and kittens. The housing and enrichment protocols that the Cat Intake and Isolation Facility provide are cutting-edge in the shelter world. The most common illnesses in animal shelters are upper respiratory system infections and ringworm infections. Compared to the industry average, our shelter has an extraordinarily low rate of these illnesses. Providing low stress housing as well as environmental and social enrichment helps keep our animals healthy and ensures that they don’t succumb to health issues common to most shelters.

Opening  the Cat Intake and Isolation Facility was a huge milestone for our shelter. After working for over a year with the best experts in the field of shelter medicine, we were able to create an exceptional facility that will meet our needs now and into the future. With the strong support of the Township of Langley, Mark and Pat Du Mont, The Shewan Foundation, as well as many very generous donors from all over the world, the Cat Intake and Isolation Facility is now in full operation. Thanks to our friends at ENM Construction who generously donated their profits back to LAPS in order to build this facility within our budget and well as Carscadden Stokes MacDonald Architect for the final design.

The LAPS Cat Intake and Isolation Facility is on the same site of the Patti Dale Animal Shelter. This facility provides dedicated isolation space, self-contained suites, an intake room, multi-purpose room, and a laundry room. These features enhance the quality of life and reduce the time from intake to adoption, while limiting the spread of feline related diseases. The air is filtered to ensure that air borne diseases are not spread and the climate is carefully managed to promote the best environment for healing.

This helps cats get healthy faster and into forever loving homes so that we can help more cats in need.

 

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Why does LAPS need an ISOasis?

LAPS needs an ISOasis because cats are important.  Although our animal shelter is state-of-the-art, it was designed for dogs and not to care for cats.  This meant that prior to the opening of the Cat Intake and Isolation Facility  we frequently had to use spaces meant for dogs for cats.  Operationally, this was challenging for staff and volunteers and had negative health and safety consequences.  Not only do cats often struggle more in shelters than dogs, but they are significantly more likely to be sick when brought into the shelter.  This means that cats have a greater need for isolation to recover without compromising the health of the entire shelter. This new facility allows us to perform cat intake exams away from public areas to minimize the spread of disease and provides  well designed spaces for them to await their new forever homes.

 

 

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LAPS presents The Mews at ISOasis

The Langley Animal Protection Society presents The Mews at the ISOasis, luxury living for the most discerning of cats.

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Thank you to our Major Sponsors:

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Mark & Pat Dumont

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