[Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - (amenity=kennel)

[Craig Wallace]

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.