Specifications include, but are not limited to: • The housing and care of stray dogs, seriously injured, ill or endangered stray cats and other pets that are brought to shelter from animal control officers, police officers, and Delaware residents. • Hold stray animals for minimum statutory holding period of 3 days, or 5 days when an owner has initiated recovery, to allow for the completion on the recovery process. Unclaimed stray animals will become the responsibility of the contractor at the end of the stray hold, and may be placed for adoption, transferred to an animal welfare organization, or euthanized provided no reasonable alternatives exists pursuant to 16 Del.C. §3004F. • Provide lost and found opportunities to the general public for stray animals brought to the shelter. Contractor shall scan stray animals for microchips, check for lost reports and use all available methods available to search for and contact an owner, if one is identified. • Report all found pets that are taken in by the shelter from members of the public on Delaware Animal Services’ (DAS) online Lost & Found pet registry and post those animals on the shelter’s website and social media within 24 hours of being received.