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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.

Fewer Animals Available for Adoption May Mean More Animals Go Home

Discover how one organization increased cat adoptions by reducing the number of cats available for adoption.

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.

Animal Shelter Essential Resources

Access back-to-basics essential tools and content to train animal shelter staff and share best practices from animal care and health to community engagement, behavior, and more.

Disease Prevention at Spay/Neuter Clinics

These videos show techniques to keep animals healthy in a spay/neuter facility, including pre-admission screening, animal handling, and equipment and kennel cleaning.

Finding Foundations that Fund Animal Welfare

Check out this starter list of organizations that make giving animal-welfare grants part of their mission.

Helping Horses Find Homes

Research suggests there are enough homes for all the country’s at-risk horses. It’s the ASPCA’s goal to help equine organizations find those homes.

The Rescue Effect: Tools & Resources for Animal Shelters

Join The Rescue Effect campaign in 2025. We're providing shelters and rescues the tools and resources they need to increase critical adoption, foster and community engagement without having to change any processes or policies.

Adoption Ambassadors Resource Hub

Find a collection of resources to help get animals adopted directly from volunteer foster homes.

Open-Admission Centers Provide Options for Equines, Owners in Need

This article explores the impact and opportunities of an open-admission relinquishment program for equines.