Recent Research by the ASPCA®
As animal welfare professionals, it's critical we stay grounded in emerging research that informs and challenges our work. The following studies offer timely insights into how pets shape family and community wellbeing, the realities of animal cruelty intervention in urban settings, and the most urgent questions we must answer to improve access to veterinary care.
Whether you're a shelter leader, veterinary professional, or policy advocate, these publications provide valuable context and data to guide your efforts. We encourage you to explore these findings as you engage with the authors and each other at this year’s conference.
- Dolan, E. D., Wyker, B., Berliner, E. A., Goldweber, M., & Hernandez, A. (2025).
Don’t forget Fido: A call to include pets in public health research and policy to support families and Communities.
American Journal of Public Health, 115(1), 26–29.
- Caldwell, S., Patterson-Kane, E., Brandler, E., Gupta, M., & Lockwood, R. (2025).
Animal Cruelty in New York City: Cruelty Cases Presented to the ASPCA in Partnership with the NYPD 2013-2022.
Animals : an open access journal from MDPI, 15(5), 662.
- Pailler, S., Hawes, S. M., Houlihan, K. E., Hoy-Gerlach, J., Sumridge, M., McCobb, E., Segurson, S., Slater, M. R., Beach, K. M., Watson, B., Steele, A., Accornero, V. H., Coe, J. B., Arluke, A., Arrington, A., Bernstein, L. A., Fisher, T., Frahm-Gillies, W. K., Fricke, I. L., … Tedford, J. (2025).
The twenty highest priority questions to answer to improve access to veterinary care.
Journal of Shelter Medicine and Community Animal Health, 4(1).