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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

This case study in collaboration and community serves as a model for other shelters The veterinary shortage is hitting the animal welfare sector particularly hard. Veterinarians are leaving shelters for...

Veterinary Shortage Update: Q&A on VPA

April 22, 2025, James W. Lloyd, DVM, PhD

Guest Voices

The Veterinary Professional Associate model is a viable solution to the veterinary shortage—and there’s science to back it up The shortage of veterinarians in the United States is real. We...

Tip of the Week: Vet of Record Online Training

April 14, 2025, The Association

Animal welfare orgs, learn how to establish a relationship with a licensed veterinarian (and it won’t cost you) As part of Shelters United’s Veterinarian of Record toolkit, you’ve now got...

Tip of the Week: Top 10 Pet Toxins

March 25, 2025, The Association

Social Media & Marketing

The ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center’s annual list is ready to share with your communities In recognition of this month’s National Poison Prevention Week, the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center...

Tip of the Week: Clearing the Air

March 10, 2025, The Association

Guidelines for improving indoor air quality from UC Davis Koret Shelter Medicine Program Air quality is an important factor in the health and well-being of animals and people. If you...

Tip of the Week: SAC’s 2024 Year End Report

February 17, 2025, The Association

How’d we do as a field this past year? See what the data from more than 13,500 organizations has to say If you haven’t already, be sure to download—and study!—the...

Tip of the Week: Housing Capacity Calculator

February 12, 2025, The Association

This key calculation is a crucial part of determining your capacity for care Knowing your housing capacity is crucial to operating within your humane capacity. This key calculation can also...

Word on the Street with Sarah Hicks, DVM

February 8, 2025, The Association

Guest Voices

Leadership