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Animal Shelter Essential Resources

Access back-to-basics essential tools and content to train animal shelter staff and share best practices from animal care and health to community engagement, behavior, and more.

ASPCA Comprehensive Animal Cruelty Response Training

The ASPCA offers animal cruelty response trainings for law enforcement officers, prosecutors, veterinarians, and rescue and sheltering organizations. Learn more and request a training.

What Animal Data Do You Need?

Read these recommendations for basic information to collect about the animals you serve and services your shelter offers.

Recognizing Signs of Infectious Disease in Animal Shelters

Looking for a quick guide to common infections in a shelter setting? This helpful print-and-post reference comes complete with photos of disease symptoms.

Virtual Animal Adoption Meet and Greet Example

Wondering what a virtual meet-and-greet straight from your foster family’s home looks like? Check out this video example.

Customizable Emergency Response Plan for Animal Shelters

Download this disaster planning template and prepare to keep your animals and the people who care for them safe during any emergency.

Foster Programs: Animal Selection & Family Recruitment

Want a thriving foster program for cats and dogs? Learn how Charleston Animal Society successfully recruits foster families.

Webinar Series: Hazard Response for Animal Welfare

ASPCA disaster response experts Dr. Dick Green and Lacie Davis discuss the need for all-hazard disaster planning in this five-part series.

Clinic Resources, Other Animal Care & Hazards

Information on treating pets other than cats and dogs can be found here, along with a variety of in-clinic resources.

The ASPCA Opens Animal Support Center in Collaboration with Oktibbeha County Humane Society

Learn about the ASPCA’s collaboration with Oktibbeha County Humane Society to open a first-of-its-kind facility in Mississippi.

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