Julie Levy

Applications are open for the 2025 Community Cat Management Fellowships at Operation Catnip in Gainesville, Florida.

Join our team to elevate our training programs with engaging and immediately practical content and program-level outcome assessment.

With eight Shelter Medicine course and activity offerings this summer, UF veterinary students can pick a favorite topic or start on a path toward earning the Certificate in Shelter Medicine.

Vet students: If you have a deep personal passion to change the world for shelter pets and community cats, you might be one of our next Summer Fellows.

McCobb E, Crawford PC, Harrold ML, Levy JK, Perkins A, Reinhard CL, Watson B. J Vet Med Educ. 2022 Dec 22:e20220080. doi: 10.3138/jvme-2022-0080. Online ahead of print.PMID: 36595640…

A difficult year - Animal shelter crowding - Compassion fatigue strategies course - Kitten shelter diversion -

Declining adoption trends - Doggy day outs - Optimal cat petting sessions - Return to owner - Trap-neuter-return - Community cats - Spay/neuter research - Grants

Shelter medicine internship - Animal shelter leadership certificate - Recruiting veterinarians - Community cat research - Human-animal bond - Grants

Access to veterinary care - Disaster response - Spay-neuter - FeLV/FIV/FIP research - Cat friendly decision making - Grants

Compassion Fatigue - Shelter Overcrowding - Veterinary Clinic Management - Shelter Statistics - Heartworm - Behavior - Access to Veterinary Care