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Animal shelter
* All animal shelters struggle with the problem of finding homes for unwanted pets.
* Most animal shelter provides foster care
* Most animal shelters are overcrowded, because many dogs are abandoned
  - provide a space for the temporary housing and care of homeless pets
* are a great place to find both dogs and cats
  - also a good place to look for a pet
* is shelter.
* means any premises so designated by action of the city council.
* provide care for all kinds of puppies and kittens, dogs and cats
  - cats and dogs with a warm place to sleep, play and eat
* range from burrows and caves to lodges and nests.
* require that a pet be neutered before adoption.
* take in pets who have lost their homes.

Birdhouse
* are houses
  - safest from predators when they are mounted on poles equipped with predator guards
* arise out of empty plastic bottles, jewelry divined out of wire, old jewelry and beads.
* attract birds.
* can decorate any home.
* have a bird hole and a vine wreath, with moss and a perch.

Dugout
* are also a common means of storing local runoff
  - often the only water source in pastures
  - part of ballparks
* continue to be important sources of water for many farms across the prairies.

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Emergency shelter
* Most emergency shelters are open during the night only.
* is needed for families to live in as they rebuild their homesteads
  - the first line of defense against the perils of homelessness
* provide a safe, temporary place for homeless people to stay.
* uses technology.
* vary in policy on pet , companion , or domesticated animals.
+ Warming center, Purpose: Social sciences :: Economics :: Emergency services :: Homelessness
  * In some cases, when cold snaps threaten wildlife, they are created and operated to protect endangered wild animals. Cold blooded animals such as turtles are particularly vulnerable as are their hatchlings. Emergency shelters vary in policy on pet, companion, or domesticated animals. During large scale disasters, there are frequently separate locations including a safe place for horses.

Haven
* are safe places
  - sites
* includes bases
  - sections

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Hut
* Most huts have an open fire inside used for cooking and heat and drying corn or maize.
* are simple wooden structures
  - usually round with cone-shaped thatched roofs and mud walls
* have low, pitched roofs that are easily cleared of drifting snow.
  - sections
* is shelter
+ Nabta Playa, Early history: Prehistoric buildings and structures :: Archaeological sites in Egypt :: Ancient Egypt
  * By the 7th millennium BC, more developed settlements may be found in the area. They also used deep wells for water. Huts are found built in straight rows. People also lived from fruit, legumes, millets, sorghum and tubers.

Public shelter
* Most public shelters keep animals only as long as required by law.
* are usually in buildings like schools or churches.
* handle stray dogs by law and owner-abandoned dogs by choice.

Refugee camp
* Most refugee camps are the dens of mosquitoes, scorpions and snakes.
* have the highest priority for achieving vaccination for every infant and child.

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Igloo
* Have the children color or paint igloos on dark construction paper.
* are another example of a temporary structure, made primarily from snow
  - built from the ground up
  - temporary homes made of blocks of snow
  - warmer than tents in the Arctic

Temporary shelter
* is provided for homeless families with children.
* offer emergency help and a safe haven for teens and families in crisis.
* provides shades.