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Shelter Nutrition for Cats and Dogs

Proper nutrition is an essential component of any shelter wellness program. Food can also be a powerful enrichment tool. Learn best practices for feeding the animals in your care.

The Five Domains Model for Animal Welfare

Learn how the Five Domains Model incorporates nutrition, environment, health, behavior and mental state to assess animals’ needs and welfare.

How to Start or Elevate an Adoption Ambassadors Program

Exciting things can happen when shelters and rescues empower foster parents to market and directly adopt out their own foster dogs! Learn Adoption Ambassadors step-by-step.

3 Tips for Setting Up a Temporary Shelter

In the event of a disaster or large-scale seizure in your community, follow these three tips from the ASPCA’s Field Investigations and Response Team (FIR).

Download the Latest Shelter Planning Calendar

To help you optimize the possibilities every month of the year can bring to animals in your care, we've created this free, shelter-focused calendar.

Video Tips for Helping Cats Transition into New Homes

Send these videos to your cat foster families and adopters to teach them how to help make their cat’s transition into their new home as smooth as possible.

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Disaster Preparedness & Response

Learn how animal welfare organizations and individuals can prepare and respond to natural and manmade disasters in their communities.

Differentiating Between Spontaneous and Organized Dogfighting Injuries

Learn the difference between injuries sustained from organized dogfighting and those sustained in spontaneous fights among pets.

How-to Guide, Tips and Videos for Leash Handling

Learn essential leash skills to care for shelter dogs through best practices taught at the ASPCA’s Adoption Center’s Canine Classroom.

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