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Animal Behavior Pathway Resources

If you have questions or comments about these behavior pathway resources and tools, please email shelterbehavior@aspca.org. We also hope you will let us know how these behavior pathway resources are used in your organization!

8 Tips for Reporting Animal Cruelty

Check out our 8 tips for reporting animal cruelty and share them with concerned community members.

Animal Behavior

From working with fearful dogs to reading cat body language, this section contains resources to help you communicate with and better care for animals.

ASPCA Veterinary Medicine Training Programs

Apply for veterinary professional opportunities, including externships, internships, residencies, and hands on training for vets and veterinary technicians. Specialties include spay/neuter, toxicology, forensics, and community and shelter medicine.

Heartworm in Animal Shelter Populations

Clinical signs, transmission, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of heartworm in dogs, especially those housed in an animal shelter, are discussed.

They Did It: Helped More Horses by Building a Safety Net Program

Learn how an equine rescue developed a safety net program to help divert horses from intake.

Animal Weight Monitoring Form

This form can help shelter staff monitor the weight fluctuations of individual animals.

Vaccination in Shelter Animal Populations

Check out these vaccination protocols for shelter animals, including frequency standards and how to vaccinate special populations.

Animal Shelter Population Rounds

One of the most effective ways of minimizing animals' length of stay is through the use of Population Rounds (also referred to as daily shelter rounds). Learn how, when, and why to perform this daily task.

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.

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