Shelter to Home: Surveys of Early Post-Adoption Experiences with More Than 22,000 Dog and Cat Adopters
What do 22,000 new pet adopters have to say about the early post-adoption experience? "Everything is great." Even when it's not.
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2024 Florida Shelter Data: Statewide Improvements but Disparate Outcomes for Rural Shelters
Are Florida shelters turning the corner on the post-pandemic adoption slump?
Spectrum of care approach to animal shelter management of feline infectious peritonitis complicated by feline leukemia virus
LaVigne EK, Levy NE, Bardzinski AR, Scaletti F, Horecka K, Cuccinello MK, Moore DM and Levy JK (2025) Front. Vet. Sci., 28 September 2025DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2025.1570267…
Trap–Neuter–Return and Return-to-Field Programs for Managing Community Cats at Florida Animal Shelters
Schiefer C, Spera K, Crawford PC, Levy JK. Trap–Neuter–Return and Return-to-Field Programs for Managing Community Cats at Florida Animal SheltersJournal of Shelter Medicine and Community Animal Health, Vol. 4 No. 1 (2025), 2025-05-15DOI: https://doi.org/10.56771/jsmcah.v4.126…
The pandemic’s cruel aftermath: progressive decline in spay/neuter capacity
Guerios S, Clemmer G, Levy JK . The pandemic’s cruel aftermath: progressive decline in spay/neuter capacity Front. Vet. Sci. , 20 March 2025 Sec. Veterinary Humanities and Social Sciences Volume 12 – 2025https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2025.1558235…
The impact of free-roaming dogs on lemurs in Madagascar: a decade of research and intervention
Valenta K, Rajaonarivelo T, Ferreira A, Raharinirina A, Rafaliarison RR, Farris A, Watson JM, deFrance S, Mayo D, Filla C, Ross A, Bornbusch SL, Satishchandran S, Kelly T, Levy JK, Randriana Z, Farris ZK (2025). The impact of free-roaming dogs on lemurs in Madagascar: a decade of research and intervention.
The Nonprofit Veterinarian Shortage: Who Will Care for the Pets Most in Need?
The national veterinary shortage is having an especially large impact on animal shelters and nonprofit veterinary clinics, according to our new study of more than 200 organizations.
When You Cannot Put That Cat Back Where It Came From – The Call for a ‘Working Cat Program’ Implementation
Guerios S, Houston K, Oglesby M, Farinha M, & Jenkins M (2024). Journal of Shelter Medicine and Community Animal Health, 3(1). doi.org/10.56771/jsmcah.v3.89…
Shelter Medicine Sustainability from an Academic Perspective: Challenges and Issues
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…
Animal shelter management of feline leukemia virus and feline immunodeficiency virus infections in cats
Dezubiria P, Amirian ES, Spera K, Crawford PC and Levy JK. Animal shelter management of feline leukemia virus and feline immunodeficiency virus infections in cats. Front. Vet. Sci. 2023 9:1003388. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2022.1003388…
