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Adoption centre: Purpose built facility designed to provide temporary accommodation for animals awaiting adoption. Focus is on effectively assessing animals and matching them to suitable owners and permanent homes.

Approved dog trainers: Members have undergone assessment to join a UK based association abiding to a code of practice which includes the use and promotion of kind, fair and effective training.

Approved pet counsellors: Qualified specialists who are members of a UK based association abiding to a strict code of practice in the treatment of behaviour problems in companion animals.

Breed specific: Individuals or groups who specialize in one specific breed of species. This term is generally used in regard to dogs and cats (with over 200 and 80 breeds within the UK respectively).

Canine & Feline Behaviour Association: Membership includes UK pet behaviour practitioners with a minimum of 5 years experience who adhere to a code of practice. CFBA members include a number of Dog Law Expert Witnesses specialising in DDA, temperament & human/dog relationships.

Euthanisa policy: Organisations policy in regard to whether animals are kept and cared for indefinately or humanely killed. Decisions will be based on a number of reasons such as space availability, time, resources, health, breed or behaviour of animals.

Farm animal: Refers to domesticated animals normally seen in an agricultural setting and including fowl such as ex battery hens. Now often care for previously rarely seen animals such as llamas.

Foster home/carer: Individuals who will care for an animal in their own home/garden temporarily until a permanent home can be found. Animals tend to be cared for as individuals or in small numbers such as litters. 

Guild of Dog Trainers: An independent professional body whose values include being committed to maintaining and improving the quality of dog training, behaviour and companion dog ownership in Britain; they recently launched their Balanced, Intelligent, Dog Training initiative.

Registered charity: A charitable organisation with an annual income of over £5000 which has registered with the UK charity commission and as such is monitored through reporting and accounting to the commission.

Rehabilitation (wildlife): The provision of care, food, housing and medical treatment with the aim of returning the wild animal to its natural habitat once it is able to fend for itself.

Rehabilitation (domestic): The provision of medical treatment, training or behaviour modification to address problems which are necessary to resolve before placing an animal into a new home.

Rehoming: The act of finding a new permanent owner for an animal when the previous owner can no longer care for that animal or the animal was an unclaimed stray or unwanted.

Rescue Centre: Generally used to describe an establishment which aims to save animals from danger or distress by caring for them (medically and mentally) and when appropriate, new owners and homes are found.

Rescue (wildlife): Attention given to wildlife to prevent distress or save lives either in the directly in the field or animals are removed from the wild and given care in specialist facilities.

Subsidised spay & neuter: With the aim of preventing unwanted litters and to assist those who otherwise may not have the finances, organisations will provide vouchers or payment to cover part or all of the cost of spaying or neutering of animals.

Sanctuary: An establishment which cares for animals either permanently or for an indefinite period of time. Often specializes in specific breeds, elderly animals or those with health or behaviour issues.

Shelter: Often similar to a sanctuary caring for animals either permanently or for an indefinite period of time. Often specializes in specific breeds, elderly animals or those with health or behaviour issues.

Rescue Centre: Generally used to describe an establishment which aims to save animals from danger or distress by caring for them and when appropriate, new homes found.

Welfare: Term generally used to mean the physical and psychological well-being of animals. Welfare groups or individuals may specialise in a specific breed or species and provide advice, information and/or rehoming.