Tag:amenity=animal_boarding
 amenity = animal_boarding
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A facility which cares for pets while the owners are away (e.g. on holiday). 
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Status: approved
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An animal boarding facility cares for pets while the owners are away (e.g. on holiday). May be called a “pet resort”, “pet hotel”, etc., and offers other services such as a pet spa. Differs from amenity=animal_shelter in that each pet has a known owner who checks it in and retrieves it; a fee is almost always required.
How to map
Either place a node where the facility is or draw the complete area of the facility and apply the following tags:
| Tag | Description |
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| amenity=animal_boarding | Mandatory, the main tag to identify a place as an animal boarding facility. |
| animal_boarding=<animal>[;<animal>...] | Optional, it lists the kinds of animals kept in the boarding facility. For more info on how to set <animal>, see Accepted animals. |
| name=* | Optional, it specifies the name of the facility. |
| operator=* | Optional, it specifies the company, corporation, person or any other entity who is in charge the facility. |
These tags should be used to tag the whole facility area. If within this area you can distinguish buildings, lawns, courtyards, fences, you can map them separately and tag them properly with building=yes, landuse=grass and so on.
Accepted animals
The kinds of animals that are kept in the facility can be listed in the key animal_boarding=*. Use English singular form for each kind of animals or a group of animals (use dog and not dogs, bird and not birds). If more than one kind of animal is kept in the facility, list them all as semi-colon-separated list.
| Animal | Animals accepted |
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| animal_boarding=dog | dogs |
| animal_boarding=cat | cats |
| animal_boarding=horse | horses |
| animal_boarding=fish | any species of fishes |
| animal_boarding=amphibian | any species of amphibia |
| animal_boarding=reptile | any species of reptiles |
| animal_boarding=bird | any species of birds |
| animal_boarding=mammal | any species of mammals |
| animal_boarding=<user defined> | an animal or a group of animals you can specify. You should prefer commonly used values according to Taginfo |
Scientific name: If you want to specify the scientific animal's name you can add additional tags species=*, or genus=*, or taxon=*. This is optional, the main tag is as described above.
Animal boarding as secondary activity
A structure of any type with its own main purpose (e.g. a veterinary, an animal shelter, an hotel, or anything else) can provide boarding as secondary services. In this case the facility should be tagged according to its main purpose (e.g. amenity=veterinary, amenity=animal_shelter, tourism=hotel) and then add a secondary tag that is:
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| animal_boarding=yes/no/<animal>[;<animal>...] | Boarding service is offered for listed animals; use yes only if you don't know which animals are accepted. For more info on how to set <animal>, see Kinds of animals accepted. |
Examples
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| amenity=animal_boarding animal_boarding=horse name=Beauty's retirement operator=Joe Green |
A ![[W]](/w/images/2/24/Wikipedia-16px.png "Wikipedia"){kind=small} boarding facility for horses with the name Beauty's retirement, operated by Joe Green
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| amenity=animal_boarding animal_boarding=dog;cat |
A boarding facility for dogs and cats | .jpg)
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| amenity=veterinary animal_boarding=dog;cat |
A veterinary that offers boarding service for dogs and cats | |
| tourism=hotel animal_boarding=dog |
A hotel that offers boarding service for customers' dogs |
Related tags
- amenity=animal_shelter – for an animal shelter.
- amenity=animal_breeding – for an animal breeding facility.
- landuse=animal_keeping – to map an area that is used to keep animals, nor for breeding, nor to rescue them; for breedings is more appropriate amenity=animal_breeding.
- amenity=game_feeding – for a place where food is provided for wild-living animals.
- amenity=kennels – ambiguous, may be either boarding kennels or those for hounds belonging to a foxhunt. The former is equivalent to amenity=animal_boarding with animal_boarding=dog (preferable tag). The latter is distinctly different from a boarding facility.
- amenity=cattery – equivalent to amenity=animal_boarding with animal_boarding=cat (preferable tag).
- man_made=insect_hotel – a man made structure to provide shelter for insects.
- man_made=nesting_site – is man made device equipped with one or multiple nests, serving as an artificial nesting aid for wild animals.
See also
- boarding cattery on Wikipedia
- boarding kennels on Wikipedia