Ending an old year, starting the new
The animal welfare community is still dealing with challenges as another year comes to end.
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2021
2021 – Year in Review
A year of COVID, innovation, collaboration, and inspiration.
Distemper survivor hitches ride with Santa to new home
Our program answered the call to assist many shelters this year with distemper outbreaks.
Helping shelters prevent and respond to disease outbreaks: Update
The UF Shelter Medicine Team, headed up by Dr. Cynda Crawford, works with shelters across the country that are struggling with disease outbreaks.
Guidance for management of free-roaming community cats: a bioeconomic analysis.
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As another Thanksgiving comes around
Everyone at UF Shelter Medicine wishes all of you the happiest of Thanksgivings!
Miracle for animals in the Florida Panhandle
How does a whole county’s animal sheltering program get turned around?
How to treat ringworm cats if lime sulfur products aren’t available
What's going on with lime sulfur availability, and how can we treat ringworm cats without it?
Banning declawing doesn’t mean more cats end up in shelters
Study finds declaw bans do not lead to increased feline shelter intake or euthanasia.
Compassion Fatigue Strategies for Animal Welfare Workers in Troubled Times
The COVID-19 pandemic has increased the problem of compassion fatigue in the helping professions, including animal welfare.
