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 Equine Cruelty & Disasters 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 Canine Infectious Respiratory Disease Canine Parvovirus Heartworm Infectious Disease Outbreak Management Testing & Diagnosis Understanding Disease Spread Isolation vs. Quarantine Sanitation How-To Guides Cleaners & Disinfectants 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 Humane Handling of Cats: How To Do 4 Safe & Effective Holds Copy these cat holds to ensure the safety of felines in your care—and your own safety and comfort as well. Reduce the Risk of Feeding Horses Contaminated Hay While horses may normally avoid ingesting noxious weeds or moldy hay, they can be more likely to ingest them when mixed into their feed. COVID-19 Animal Welfare Survey Offers View of Future Shelter Operations A survey of shelters and rescues during the pandemic revealed challenges, lessons learned, and new approaches to help dogs and cats going forward. Top 10 Toxins of 2024 Find out which toxins resulted in the most calls to the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center in 2024. 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. Animal Housing in Shelters: Primary Enclosures, Kennels, Cages & Rooms Proper housing in animal shelters is essential in providing quality and humane animal care. They Did It: Increased Horse Adoption and Decreased Length of Stay with Customer-Friendly Adoption Policies Learn how one adoption agency was able to help more at-risk horses by welcoming new adopters and transferring in more community members’ horses. They Did It: SPCA of Texas Transports 1,000th Cat Despite juggling hundreds of animals in their facility, a distemper outbreak, and challenges brought on by the pandemic, the SPCA of Texas transported their 1000th cat. They Did It: Raised $40,000 for a New Play Yard in Just 24 Hours NHA raised $40K in just 24 hours for an outdoor play yard for their dogs, which provided both placement opportunities & behavioral support. Research on Kitten Death in Shelters and Rescues Learn how clinical signs like diarrhea and weight loss in young kittens may impact their survival rate in a shelter or rescue setting. Pagination Previous page ‹ previous … Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Current page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 … Next page next ›