Economic impacts of adoption and fundraising strategies in animal shelters |
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| Authors: | Emily Lord Nicole Olynk Widmar Annette Litster |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University, 403 West State Street, West Lafayette, IN 47907, United States;2. Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Purdue University, School of Veterinary Medicine, 625 Harrison Street, West Lafayette, IN 47907, United States |
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| Abstract: | The adoption strategies used in animal shelters can have a large impact on the total number of adoptions and donations that take place. Reducing adoption fees during peak kitten or puppy season is one way to reduce inventories and increase the number of open spaces to save more lives, but does not necessarily increase the financial well-being of the shelter if the per-animal costs exceed the revenues generated. We developed a stochastic model to simulate the expected costs, revenues, and net income of a hypothetical animal shelter for various alternative management strategies, based on US conditions. A total of 8 scenarios were developed and compared to the base-case scenario (BC). |
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| Keywords: | Adoption fees Animal-shelter adoptions Animal-shelter economics Adoption strategies Computer-based simulation modeling tool Reduction of adoption fees |
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