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Animal Shelter Pathway Planning

Pathway planning is an important process to maintain the shelter population within its capacity for humane care and support the welfare of the animals in our care.

8 Tips for Reporting Animal Cruelty

Check out our 8 tips for reporting animal cruelty and share them with concerned community members.

Life Hacks for Animal Shelters

These shelter hacks will give you lots of ideas for enrichment, cat and dog care, staff management and more, all for cheap or free!

Foster Animal Biography Sheet

Share these handy worksheets with foster families to gather information about your animals in foster care. You can choose between a dog/cat or equine version.

Animal Behavior Pathway Resources

If you have questions or comments about these behavior pathway resources and tools, please email shelterbehavior@aspca.org. We also hope you will let us know how these behavior pathway resources are used in your organization!

Dogfighting FAQ for Animal Shelters

A FAQ about dogfighting written for shelters from The Dogfighting Toolkit for Law Enforcement.

APCC Animal Toxicology Podcasts

The ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center offers podcasts to deliver up-to-date toxin information wherever you are.

Outbreak Management for Animal Shelters

Learn the critical components of outbreak management to improve animal care.

Proactive Community Animal Control

Learn about a successful, community-focused, non-law enforcement program conducted by plain clothes animal control officers.

Domestic Violence and Animal Cruelty

Join our experts as they review the link between animal cruelty and domestic violence, why it matters, and how you and your organization can better respond to suspected cases of animal cruelty.