On 13/09/2012 10:13, Andrew Errington wrote:
Off the top of my head we have 'stables', 'kennels' and 'cattery'. Each name is very specific. Also, they are not limited to welfare (lost, abandoned or abused animals), there are commercial businesses which look after animals while their owners go on vacation. Since they generally look after the same kind of animal (not mixed), this should be indicated by the tag, i.e. amenity=kennels, amenity=stables, amenity=cattery
Not necessarily - many of the places I know will look after a mix of animals. Usually dogs and cats, sometimes also smaller animals, eg rabbits, guinea pigs etc. Though this may vary by country/area, but I think a mixture of animals is pretty common in the UK. So I think a more generic tag would be best for this, eg amenity=animal_boarding, plus tags for what animals are looked after.
Plus that avoids confusion with kennels used for other purposes, eg breeding, or a group of working dogs.
> For the welfare situation I suppose we could have amenity=animal_shelter, or
animal_sanctuary. These generally do have a mix of animals, but of course dogs and cats are most common. There are also specialist shelters for birds, seals, otters etc., but probably "animal_shelter" would cover those too.
Yes, animal shelters / animal rescue places are a different thing, so should have their own tag. amenity=animal_shelter makes sense for this.
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