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Shelter Intake: Part 2

Learn about the basic foundation of sheltering intake protocols that will minimize the risk of disease.

Infection Control in the Shelter

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

Sample Plans for Evacuation and Sheltering

These three sample plans can be adapted for your needs to help you prepare for animal emergencies, including evacuations and temporary sheltering.

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.

Shelter Behavior Roundtable: Supporting Shy and Fearful Cats in the Shelter and at Home

Join the ASPCA Learning Lab and colleagues for a discussion where you'll engage with experts on methods that will help your shy and fearful felines feel at home wherever they are.

10 Ways to Celebrate Halloween with Shelter Animals

Here’s some spook-tacular inspiration from your colleagues in the animal welfare field—all treats, no tricks! Have some Halloween fun at your shelter this year.

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.

Shelter Medicine at the ASPCA

The ASPCA’s Shelter Medicine Services (SMS) team works to improve the health and welfare of animals by strengthening shelter medicine programs and expanding access to veterinary care.

ASV Guidelines & Shelter Checklists

These easy-to-use checklists, based on the comprehensive Guidelines for Standards of Care in Animal Shelters, can help you provide optimum care in the shelter.

Outbreak Management for Animal Shelters

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

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