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Human Resources & Operations

Your medical team is going through some big changes right now. With mandated social distancing measures, all procedures are taking longer, and staff has had to adapt to curbside veterinary...

3 Tips for Growing a Robust Emergency Animal Sheltering Team

September 10, 2020, The Association

As part of our new Innovation Bank of short, pre-recorded webinars, every week we’ll be rolling out a brilliant idea from one of your colleagues in the field. This week we’re taking...

Member Spotlight: Get To Know Dr. Cristie Kamiya

September 7, 2020, The Association

What happens when your Chief of Shelter Medicine has a DVM and an MBA? You just might become the first-ever organization to meet all 543 of the Association of Shelter Veterinarians’ standard-of-care...

4 Tips for Emergency Sheltering During COVID-19

August 31, 2020, The Association

How do we safely undertake disaster sheltering in a pandemic? What changes must be made to existing protocols? Red Rover’s Beth Gammie and IFAW’s Jennifer Gardner of the National Animal Rescue...

5 Anxiety Hacks for Your Shelter Med Team (and everybody else)

August 17, 2020, The Association

Human Resources & Operations

VETgirl recently hosted a free YouTube LIVE event with Jeannine Moga, MA, MSW, LCSW, and Chief Happiness Officer at VETgirl. With more than 17 years working with veterinary teams, Moga...

6 Mantras of Cross-Team Collaboration

July 30, 2020, The Association

Medical, Behavior, & Operations working together—yassss! You can see it in action at the 7 centers run by County of Los Angeles Department of Animal Care & Control, thanks to...

4 Ways to Enhance Communications Between Medical & Behavior Teams

June 30, 2020, The Association

Collaborating works—and it starts with communication. You can see this in action at the 7 centers run by County of Los Angeles Department of Animal Care & Control. That’s where...

Behavior Assessments in the Shelter: How and Why?

June 22, 2020, The Association

The behavior assessment is always a juicy topic for animal welfare professionals, so it was no surprise that San Francisco SPCA’s Dr. Wailani Sung, DACVB, drew a packed house for...

FAQ: Foster Care of COVID-19 Exposed Pets

April 7, 2020, University of Wisconsin Shelter Medicine Program

Important new information for animal shelters, rescue groups, and foster programs when making a community plan to help COVID-exposed animals needing temporary care! The Association’s Katherine Shenar sat down with...

New COVID-19 Protocol: Sheltering Exposed Pets

April 1, 2020, The Association

Following yesterday’s publication of “Interim recommendations for intake of companion animals from households where humans with COVID-19 are present,” the University of Wisconsin-Madison Shelter Medicine Program has made available a...

Why We Must Suspend S/N During COVID-19: Voices from the Field

March 30, 2020, Dr. Julie Levy