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4 Ways to Enhance Communications Between Medical & Behavior Teams
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...
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Behavior Assessments in the Shelter: How and Why?
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...
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FAQ: Foster Care of COVID-19 Exposed Pets
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...
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New COVID-19 Protocol: Sheltering Exposed Pets
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...
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Why We Must Suspend S/N During COVID-19: Voices from the Field
In my open letter to the animal welfare community, I have tried to summarize the evidence-based reasons underpinning our call to suspend routine spay/neuter surgery – to preserve supplies, staff...
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Open Letter from Dr. Julie Levy: Why We Must Suspend S/N Now
From: Julie Levy, DVM, PhD, DACVIM, DABVP, Fran Marino Endowed Professor of Shelter Medicine Education, Maddie’s Shelter Medicine Program, University of FloridaTo: My colleagues in animal welfareSubject: Why must we suspend...
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VIDEO: Urgent Recommendations Regarding S/N During COVID-19
We know that many organizations are struggling with the urgent recommendation to suspend spay/neuter surgeries at this time. The Association’s Katherine Shenar and Kim Alboum of HSUS recently checked in...
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Keeping Up with COVID-19, 3/23: 10 Essential Online Learning Opportunities
Are you or your team working from home? This short list of online learning opportunities will give you ideas and inspiration on how to handle a variety of personal and...
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5 Things Animal Shelters And Rescues Can Do Together To Minimize Shelter Intake And Maximize Lifesaving Due to COVID-19
By Katherine Shenar and Kristen Hassen-Auerbach With severe travel restrictions in place and social distancing strongly advised, shelters can no longer rely on pet transport to drive lifesaving efforts. Now,...
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Keeping Up with COVID-19, 3/18: Inexpensive, Simple Tool To Keep Us All Healthy
Got 5 minutes? We’re passing along this easy-to-implement and genius how-to from Dr. Kate Hurley and the team at UC Davis Koret Shelter Medicine Program: How-To: Dr. Hurley’s Magic Virus-Busting...
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Totally Rocking Our World: Dr. Jennifer Broadhurst
In 2014, Clay County Animal Services won their division in the ASPCA Rachael Ray $100K Challenge and got an extreme makeover with this veterinary visionary at the helm. Since then,...
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Totally Rocking Our World: Delaware Humane’s One Health Clinic
Late last year the Senate passed a resolution naming January 2020 as ‘One Health’ Awareness Month, but Wilmington, DE, is way ahead of the curve. Since October 2017, the Delaware...
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