Totally Rocking Our World: Team Shelter Med!
Deploying a team with expertise in shelter medicine takes disaster response to a new level—and helps bring lifesaving solutions. Just ask the University of Florida’s Maddie’s Shelter Medicine Program.
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Breaking down barriers and saving lives in Florida’s animal shelters
Thanks to the Maddie’s Shelter Medicine Program at UF and the Million Cat Challenge, Florida animal shelters looking to increase lifesaving now have their very own barrier-busters.
Study: Enrichment and human interaction can reduce fear aggression in shelter dogs
The stress of entering a shelter may cause otherwise non-aggressive dogs to display aggressive behavior. Is there anything shelters can do to mitigate this problem?
Taking TNR to a new level with a Florida Animal Friend license plate grant
When you purchase a Florida Animal Friend license plate, $25 of every plate sold goes directly to fund organizations across the state who offer free or low-cost spay and neuter services.
New FIV and FeLV guidelines: What do they mean for shelter cats?
The American Association of Feline Practitioners released its new Feline Retrovirus Testing and Management Guidelines.
Study: Outcome of FeLV-infected cats in a large pet adoption program
Can cats who test positive for feline leukemia find adopters? That’s what researchers set out to discover in a new study.
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year from all of us at the Maddie’s Shelter Medicine Program at UF!…
Happy Holidays!
Happy Holidays from all of us at the Maddie's Shelter Medicine Program at UF!
The year is ending, but the lifesaving is just beginning!
One of the most heartwarming moments of 2019 took place earlier this month in Puerto Rico when we teamed up with the Humane Society of the United States to help five shelters hold the first island-wide adoptathon.
We’re the largest university-based TNR program in the world, thanks to the Petco Foundation!
More than 1,000 community cats received care in 2019.
