What can animal shelters do about healthy unowned cats in their community? One new concept increasingly gaining ground is that, as long as the cats are thriving, the most compassionate, lifesaving approach is to sterilize them, vaccinate them, ear-tip them and return them where they were found. This approach grew out of community-based trap-neuter-return (TNR)… Learn More

Is canine parvovirus (CPV) a treatable disease in animal shelters? Definitely! Survival rates in private practice range from around 65 percent to 90 percent, depending on the age of the affected dog as well as a number of other factors. But what about in animal shelters, where density of population, a constant stream of new… Learn More

On Tuesday, April 14, 2015, at 9 PM Eastern Time, two shelter leaders who have had great success in managed admission approaches, Barbara Carr, Executive Director of the SPCA Serving Erie County, NY, and Kathie Johnson, Senior Operations Manager of the Animal Humane Society in Minneapolis, MN, will join Maddie’s Institute to share what they’ve learned, including what’s worked and what hasn’t.

Both feline leukemia and FIV are more common in cats from hoarding situations than in pet or feral cats.

Which is better: Sending out a media release for your organization's great animal-related story to a dozen or more reporters in your community, or sending an email to one or two reporters you have a relationship with and who are almost certainly going to cover it? Social media consultant Christie Keith comes from a journalism… Learn More

On Tuesday, April 7, 2015, at 9 PM Eastern Time, Wiley Stem III, Assistant City Manager of Waco, TX, will join Maddie’s Institute to share his community’s inspiring story of collaboration and lifesaving in Alternatives to Intake: When the Shelter Isn’t the Answer.

Want to learn more about prevention, diagnosis, treatment and management of heartworm disease in dogs and cats, with a focus on those in animal shelters and rescue groups?

Are your supporters eagerly opening every email your shelter or rescue group sends? If not, you may want to try these tips.

Sign up now for this five-part series of webinars on how shelters of all kinds across the country are implementing the five key initiatives of the Million Cat Challenge to save cats’ lives — and how your shelter can, too!

Few cat diseases are of as much concern in an animal shelter as FIP, a progressive, fatal disease that is associated with coronavirus infection as well as other factors, often not well-understood.