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?
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 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.
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…
Handling shelter cats.
Griffin B. In, DiGangi BA, Cussen VA, Reid PJ, Collins K, eds. Animal Behavior for Shelter Veterinarians and Staff, 2nd ed, Wiley Blackwell, 351-383.
Florida Shelter Animal Census
“How many cats and dogs are admitted to shelters each year and what happens to them?” Our statewide census of animals that pass through more than 150 animal shelters across the state has the answers.
2021 Shelter Data: Florida Animal Shelters Struggle to Maintain Lifesaving Gains Amid COVID Challenges
Shelter admissions of free-roaming animals and former pets surged across Florida in 2021.
