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Top Research Priorities Confronting critical threats To Animal Welfare…

A year of COVID, innovation, collaboration, and inspiration.

Unlocking Humane Solutions to Animal Welfare Problems Our experienced faculty members explore the big issues for Shelter Medicine. Study ideas almost always arise as problems animal welfare workers are encountering in the field. We also rely on these shelter partners as priceless sources of data from the frontlines and appreciate…

A new study suggests problems with the home environment of pet cats are a major source of welfare concerns for cats and may increase the risk of shelter surrender.

Can cats who test positive for feline leukemia find adopters? That’s what researchers set out to discover in a new study.

"The idea that shelters should suspend black cat adoptions around the holiday is widely considered a myth."

Since 2010, the Association of Shelter Veterinarians’ guidelines for Spay-Neuter Programs has recommended "the use of a simple green linear tattoo to identify all neutered pet animals."