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Shelter Medicine

Find a spectrum of shelter medicine topics essential for ensuring the well-being of animals, from best practices in health care, disease prevention, and treatment to sanitation standards and facility design.

9 Ways to Send the Message: No Pets In Hot Cars

Spread the word to pet owners in your community about the dangers of animals in hot cars. Here’s some inspiration from your colleagues in the field:

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.

Collect Adoption Interest with Online Applications

Check out these online adoption interest applications and use them as inspiration to create your own.

ASPCA National Field Response

NFR's primary goal is to remove animals from crisis situations created by natural disasters or by animal cruelty.

Five Tips for Naming Animals At Intake

What’s in a name? A lot! Here’s a boost of inspiration to assist you in the animal naming process.

Foster Animal Biography Sheet

Share these handy worksheets with foster families to gather information about your animals in foster care. You can choose between a dog/cat or equine version.

10 Tips to Make the Most of Real-Life Rooms

After a remodel of its real-life room, the ASPCA shares 10 tips for décor and design.

Feline Retroviruses in Shelter Populations

Learn to identify, test, treat, and prevent feline retroviruses that may affect your animal shelter’s cat population.

What Is Ivermectin?

Discover how ivermectin is used in veterinary medicine and the potentially harmful side effects caused by accidental exposure in pets.