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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, Julie Levy

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...

Open Letter from Dr. Julie Levy: Why We Must Suspend S/N Now

March 29, 2020, Julie Levy

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...

VIDEO: Urgent Recommendations Regarding S/N During COVID-19

March 25, 2020, The Association

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

March 23, 2020, The Association

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...

5 Things Animal Shelters And Rescues Can Do Together To Minimize Shelter Intake And Maximize Lifesaving Due to COVID-19

March 18, 2020, The Association

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,...

Keeping Up with COVID-19, 3/18: Inexpensive, Simple Tool To Keep Us All Healthy

March 18, 2020, The Association

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...

Totally Rocking Our World: Dr. Jennifer Broadhurst

February 12, 2020, The Association

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,...

Totally Rocking Our World: Delaware Humane’s One Health Clinic

February 1, 2020, The Association

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...

Totally Rocking Our World: Team Shelter Med!

January 9, 2020, The Association

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