Search Search Search You must have JavaScript enabled to use this form. Topic Programs & Operations Board & Leadership Fundraising Managing People Resources Managed Admission Volunteers Keeping Pets in Homes Return to Owner Safety Net Spay/Neuter Surgery Patient Care Clinic Flow Clinic Administration Grants Equine Welfare Equine Adoption Keeping Horses Safe Shelter Medicine Programs & Services Shelter Medicine at the ASPCA Shelter Medicine Support Board Certification ASV Guidelines Intake & Preventive Care Nutrition Vaccination Population Management Specific Medical Conditions Feline Retroviruses Ringworm Canine Infectious Respiratory Disease Heartworm Infectious Disease Outbreak Management Testing & Diagnosis Understanding Disease Spread Isolation vs. Quarantine Sanitation How-To Guides Facility Use & Design Foster Animal Health Care Overall Guidelines Surgery & Dentistry Toxicology & Poison Control Cruelty & Disasters Disaster Preparedness & Response Animal Cruelty Investigations Animal Fighting Enrichment & Behavior Behavior Canine Enrichment Feline Enrichment Adoption & Placement Relocation & Transport Reaching & Supporting Adopters Community Cats Foster Care Promotions & Events Clear All Behavior Tips for Intact Female Cats Give foster caregivers and adopters four tips for living with an intact female cat in the rare circumstance when routine spay and neuter is not available. Behavior Tips for Intact Male Dogs Give foster caregivers and adopters six tips for living with an intact male dog in the rare circumstance when routine spay and neuter is not available. Retention of Pet ID Tags and Outcomes for Lost Pets If shelters provide ID tags and put them on adopted or found animals, the likelihood immediately improves that those pets, if lost, will return home. Contract Language for Unaltered Animal Adoptions Add this language to your adoption contract when adopting out unaltered animals in order to release your organization from liability and ensure the adopter will spay/neuter the animal when services are available. Remembering Julie Morris, Animal Welfare Visionary Julie Morris was a leader and visionary in the field of animal welfare, and news of her death is devastating. This is our tribute to her life and work 5 Tips for Efficiently Managing a Large Intake Utilize these steps to help ease stress on both animals and staff during a large intake. Improving Access to Heartworm Treatment ASPCA collaborated with Emancipet on research showing that effective and safe heartworm disease treatment can be provided at lower cost using a technician-leveraged, high-volume outpatient model. Relocation Q&A with Mobile SPCA, Source Shelter for ASPCA’s Milestone Transport The Mobile SPCA, an ASPCA Animal Relocation Partner since 2018, provided the 200,000th dog for the ASPCA’s recent milestone transport to Massachusetts. Virtual Adoption Resources These resources will help you hold a successful online adoption event, with social media, behavior, promotion and logistical tips taking your shelter adoption process online Heartworm in Animal Shelter Populations Learn how to prevent and treat heartworm in shelter animals. Pagination Previous page ‹ previous … Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Current page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 … Next page next ›