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How to Collect Animal Data

Read these guidelines on finding out why animals are coming into your shelter and why not enough of those animals are making it out alive.

4 Tips for Prepping Animals Before a Big Adoption Event

Preparing your animals for a large-scale event is a big undertaking. Use these four tried-and-true tips from your colleagues in the field.

Antibiotics and Seizures in Pets

The ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center notes that antibiotics are a cause of toxin seizures in animals, and this article explains what to watch for.

Creating Thoughtful Community Collaborations that Support Pets and Their Owners

Learn more about programs and services from animal welfare professionals that provide pet owners with the support they need to care for their pets.

Feline Infectious Peritonitis

Learn about the prevention, transmission, diagnosis and treatment of Feline Infectious Peritonitis (FIP) in an animal shelter environment.

Volunteers

From recruitment to training to managing and thanking your volunteers, we’ve got resources to help you create, expand or improve volunteer programs.

Parasite Control in Animal Shelters

Dogs and cats can carry a wide variety of internal and external parasites. Some can be passed to humans, and some can cause significant disease and discomfort in their host.

Feeding Protocol & Nutrition Best Practices for Emaciated Dogs

ASPCA's research-based, step-by-step guide for creating a refeeding protocol for emaciated dogs.

ASPCA Poison Control Top 10 Pet Toxins of 2022

Find out which toxins resulted in the most calls to the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center in 2022.

Selecting Healthy, Compatible Cats for Communal Rooms

Along with healthy cats, a successful communal group requires compatible (or, at least, not incompatible) cats. Here's how to find them.

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