A growing number of animal shelters are adopting innovative programs like kitten foster networks and in-shelter kitten nurseries, allowing them to save lives they once had little hope for. If you think caring for these tiny, vulnerable lives is hard work, you’re right. But it may also be one of the most inspiring, rewarding tough… Learn More

New resources and a fresh new face will greet visitors to the newly-launched website at animalsheltering.org! Billed as “a welcoming digital space for you to access our lifesaving tools with ease,” the site features tools that will let you: Reduce the number of animals entering your shelter and rescue groups Ensure access to veterinary care… Learn More

The University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine’s Maddie’s® Shelter Medicine Course invites all shelter veterinarians, shelter professionals, vet students, and community members to join them for their series of free webinars this semester: This lecture series not only discusses concepts key to sheltering but also helps veterinary students, shelter professionals and volunteers, and members… Learn More

Even the best canine behavior evaluation systems are not reliable when assessing shelter dogs, suggests a recent Australian study. Psychologist Dr. Zazie Todd’s influential blog Companion Animal Psychology took on the challenges of canine behavior evaluations in animal shelters last month. Todd examined at recent study by Monash University’s Kate Mornement, evaluating the Behavioural Assessment… Learn More

Three of the Internet’s most beloved pets — all formerly in a shelter or rescue group– are teaming up with our funded Shelter Pet Project to help the millions of dogs and cats in shelters and rescue groups across the country find loving homes. Fashion icon Toast Meets World, globally recognized pianist Keyboard Cat and… Learn More

Loose lips may sink ships, but loose bowels make life miserable for shelter pets and the people who care for them. How can you get a handle on this runny problem? At the 2015 Maddie’s Cornell Shelter Medicine Program, Dr. Holly Putnam took attendees over everything related to shelter animal diarrhea, from nutritional to viral… Learn More

Want to learn more about testing for infectious diseases in animal shelters, and apply for a shelter vaccine grant at the same time? Boehringer Ingelheim (BI), through its BIVI Shelter Team, will be presenting a free webinar on “Infectious Disease Testing in 2016: What the Shelter Veterinarian Needs to Know.” Given by Richard E. Goldstein,… Learn More

Science has spoken: Watching cat videos is good for human health. It reduces stress, boosts energy, and makes us happier. So how can you turn all those positive benefits to getting cats adopted? In an Indiana University Media School press release for a recent study conducted by researcher Jessica Gall Myrick and published in Computers in… Learn More

So you think your shelter’s already doing everything it can to get its dogs adopted. Maybe there’s one new trick you can learn from a bunch of dedicated runners! RuffTail Runners is an Austin, Texas, based running group that teamed up with a local sportswear store to get shelter dogs out for some exercise and… Learn More

Few areas of veterinary medicine have seen greater change than research and recommendations around immunity to disease and vaccination. New guidelines from the Vaccination Guidelines Group (VGG) of the World Small Animal Veterinary Association (WSAVA) provide important context and recommendations for both veterinarians and animal shelters in how to put that new understanding to work… Learn More