Search

Active Filters

5 Quick Shelter Sanitation Tips

Learn quick tips for effective sanitation in animal shelters that will keep your cleaning procedures efficient and cost-effective.

How to Take a Daily Animal Inventory

Taking a daily count and making sure your software systems are up to date allow you keep track of the animals in your care and prevent errors in your data.

Three Things to Consider About Your Shelter’s Soundscape

Three questions from Patricia McConnell help you tune in and dial down your shelter’s soundscape.

3 Tips for Intake and Operations at a Temporary Shelter

Managing a temporary shelter can be an overwhelming task. Follow these three tips from the ASPCA’s Field Investigations and Response Team (FIR)

Fast Track Planning

Use this resource to better understand how to fast track your shelter population.

Infection Control in the Shelter

Learn fundamental infection control concepts, including order of contagion, how disease transmission occurs, and how to prevent disease spread.

Shelter Medicine and the ASPCA

Learn all about shelter medicine, which focuses on preventing disease so the end product is a healthy companion animal in a lifetime home.

They Did It: Decreased Length of Stay with Post-Adoption Spay/Neuter Contracts

Learn how 1 shelter used post-adoption spay/neuter contracts to get pets into homes faster and open space for more animals in need.

Canine Influenza Virus: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Control

Be prepared for canine influenza virus, or "kennel cough" before an outbreak happens. Learn about diagnostic, treatment and control here.

Why Animal Shelters Support Better Policies for Veterinary Telemedicine

Veterinary telemedicine is an excellent way to help increase access to vet care for pets and can help keep pets in homes and out of animal shelters.