Transferring Shelter Animals: Developing Data and a Data Driven Logistical Transport Solution for Safely and Humanely Transferring Shelter Animals Longer Distances and Between States

The overall purpose of this project is to improve and increase efficiency of intrastate and interstate transportation for moving shelter animals between shelters that have too many or more than they can care for, to those animal shelters that have available resources, or more people seeking pet adoption than they can supply. There is a need for an efficient logistical mobility system for shelter animal transfer that optimizes shelter resources, optimizes animal welfare, and improves connecting people to home animals. This project will combine survey data, shelter data, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), and qualitative interview data to inform pet transport capital purchase decisions and improve daily operations of pet transport programs. This research aims to discover information and increase transportation data that can support a new mobility service system designed to improve the movement of shelter animals between shelters. This project will address how to best transfer animals safely and humanely between rural and metro shelters, and intra, and inter-state to ensure all animals have a chance to be adopted or live a safe life.

Language

  • English

Project

  • Status: Active
  • Funding: $80000
  • Contract Numbers:

    69A3551747110

  • Sponsor Organizations:

    Pacific Northwest Transportation Consortium

    University of Washington
    More Hall Room 112
    Seattle, WA  United States  98195-2700

    Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

    University Transportation Centers Program
    Department of Transportation
    Washington, DC  United States  20590
  • Managing Organizations:

    Washington State University, Pullman

    Civil & Environmental Engineering Department
    PO Box 642910
    Pullman, WA  United States  99164-2910
  • Project Managers:

    Moore, Danna

  • Performing Organizations:

    Washington State University, Pullman

    Civil & Environmental Engineering Department
    PO Box 642910
    Pullman, WA  United States  99164-2910
  • Principal Investigators:

    Moore, Danna

  • Start Date: 20220316
  • Expected Completion Date: 20230630
  • Actual Completion Date: 0

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Filing Info

  • Accession Number: 01872765
  • Record Type: Research project
  • Source Agency: Pacific Northwest Transportation Consortium
  • Contract Numbers: 69A3551747110
  • Files: UTC, RIP
  • Created Date: Feb 8 2023 4:35PM