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Are you a shelter team member on the frontlines, or do you manage staff who are? This program can take them—and you—to the next level Applications are now being accepted...

Tip of the Week: URI Scoring Chart

November 10, 2025, The Association

Guidelines to assess the need for veterinary care in cats and kittens with URI Thanks to Maddie’s for their lifesaving Kitten & Cat URI Scoring Chart. The infographic provides excellent...

Tip of the Week: Cat Superhighway Course

October 13, 2025, The Association

This free self-paced course can rev up your pathway planning for cats and kittens Authored by AAWA members Dr. Julie Levy and Monica Tarant, along with Dr. Kate Hurley, this...

Tip of the Week: How To Tell A Kitten’s Age (and Get Engagement on Your Socials)

August 25, 2025, The Association

Social Media & Marketing

This triple-duty tip is a good one to share with your staff, foster volunteers, and social networks With the Facebook algorithm making organic engagement more challenging than ever, we love...

Bright Idea: How One Shelter Integrates Pet Insurance Into their Adoption Experience

August 19, 2025, The Association

News

Foothills Animal Shelter offers 30 days of pet insurance as a part of their adoption package—not as an upsell, but as a safety net that keeps pets in homes “It’s...

Tip of the Week: Learn a New Feline Behavior Assessment

August 11, 2025, The Association

Toronto Humane’s free virtual 8-lesson training module This free online training encompasses response to petting, adapted fear, anxiety, and stress, and participation in play in cats. Proficiency will be assessed...

Tip of the Week: Kitten Resource Library

August 5, 2025, The Association

Bookmark this space for all things kitten Share this go-to resource from National Kitten Coalition with your staff as well as all kitten caregivers in your community. The library includes...

Tip of the Week: Capacity for Care Report Card

July 16, 2025, The Association

Are we ensuring that every animal’s needs are met at a time when so many shelters are reporting unmanageable overcrowding? In their November 2024 The Network Live session, Kim Alboum, Sarah Hicks, DVM,...

Tip of the Week: User’s Guide to the Cone of Fame

July 7, 2025, The Association

This nifty infographic can help promote post-op healing and keep harmful licking at bay If you use Elizabethan collars at your shelter or clinic, you know that pet parents can...

Tip of the Week: White Paper on Shelter Vet Retention

May 12, 2025, The Association

Brought to you by Drs. Kate Hurley and Jennifer Scarlett As the veterinary profession continues to face a critical shortage, one of the most pressing issues in the short term...

Mile-High Momentum: How Denver Is Tackling the Veterinary Shortage

April 30, 2025, The Association

Leadership