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3 Tips for Keeping Foster Families Engaged

Foster families are a key part of any shelter or rescue’s operations. Check out these tips to help keep both your potential and current foster families excited and engaged.

Vaccination in Animal Shelter Populations

Access in-depth information on best practices for vaccinating animals in a shelter setting to manage population health.

Most Commonly Used Emergency & Disaster Acronyms

Disaster acronyms got you confused? Use our handy glossary to help you decipher what a JITT and a JFO are.

What's the Deal About Data?

Knowing what animals are coming into your shelter and why, and what animals are making it out alive (or not) are important keys to improve your performance.

Stress and Animal Protection Work

Animal welfare workers can find ways to harness the energy that comes with stress, create coping strategies for managers, and prevent staff burnout.

3 Tips for Setting Up a Temporary Shelter

In the event of a disaster or large-scale seizure in your community, follow these three tips from the ASPCA’s Field Investigations and Response Team (FIR).

They Did It: Decreased Length of Stay with Post-Adoption Spay/Neuter Contracts

Learn how 1 shelter used post-adoption spay/neuter contracts to get pets into homes faster and open space for more animals in need.

5 Tips for Efficiently Managing a Large Intake

Utilize these steps to help ease stress on both animals and staff during a large intake.

Behavioral Rehabilitation of Extremely Fearful Dogs

Review research by the ASPCA Behavioral Rehabilitation Center on the effectiveness of a behavior modification protocol that could reduce euthanasia in moderately to extremely fearful dogs, especially those from cruel and neglectful backgrounds

The Most Common Sleep Aid Toxicities in Cats and Dogs

Several medications and supplements are available for humans who struggle to get restful sleep, but inadvertent exposures to these in pets often require veterinary care.

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