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Understandably, many worry that housing fewer cats in larger cages will translate to saving fewer lives. Fortunately, better housing means less illness, quicker behavioral adaptation, better presentation to adopters, and often - much to everyone’s surprise – an increase in the number of lives saved!

And for those times when a shelter gets in a crunch, whether for a hoarding case, getting ready for a mega-adoption event, or just hitting a bad patch in kitten season, portals can be installed that allow flexibility by closing doors temporarily serving to increase capacity when absolutely needed for the short term.  

HOUSING AND SAVING LIVES

Live release in this shelter steadily increased as cages were converted by the addition of portals – even though the holding capacity was cut nearly in half by cage portalization, the live release nearly doubled during the study period.

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