Whether you own or work at an animal shelter in your community, bollards provide invaluable assistance. They help keep these often-bustling shelters organized and safe for the animals, volunteers, staff members, and people interested in adopting pets. Review some of the best ways to use bollards at animal shelters.

1. Help Protect the Shelter Entrance

Staggering permanent bollards in front of the animal shelter entrance helps maintain safe premises. Using bollards in this way is especially helpful if the shelter exterior facing the street is mainly glass. Permanent bollards stop vehicles going up to 50 miles an hour, preventing intoxicated, drowsy, and distracted drivers from crashing into buildings and other vehicles, and causing serious to catastrophic injuries. By placing permanent bollards in front of animal shelter entrances, you make the premises safer for everyone coming and going.

Permanent bollards can also be used at shelter loading docks, if applicable. When placed on either end of a loading dock entrance, they prevent commercial trucks from making contact with the buildings and causing damage. Brightly-colored permanent bollards also help commercial truck drivers see where they are going.

2. Create Safer Parking Lots

Like many parking lots, animal shelter parking lots can be hectic. Adding animals to the mix of pedestrians and drivers can make them even more challenging to navigate. If the parking lot is near a high-traffic street, permanent bollards should be used. They create a virtually impenetrable perimeter around the lot that prevents wayward drivers from making contact with parked cars, drivers, pedestrians, and animals.

3. Contribute to Orderly Adoption Events

Animal shelters frequently host adoption events, such as those at the shelter and various public parks and community festivals. Chain-linked removable bollards can be used to help section the animals, such as one for big dogs, small dogs, and cats. The bollards can also feature signage, such as “Big Dogs Looking For Furever Homes” and similar things. Animal shelter staff members will have an easier time maintaining an organized event and attendees will find where they need to be without issue.

4. Help Avoid Slip-and-Fall Accidents

Accidents happen at animal shelters, such as when a dog is taken out to be seen or adopted. Urine on the shelter floor can make anyone slip and fall, whether it’s a staff member, volunteer, or individual looking to adopt. Surrounding the accident with removable bollards until it can be cleaned up prevents nasty slip-and-fall accidents. Browse our bollard collection at 1800Bollards today.