Updated 3/31/2022 The Shelter Medicine Academic Consortium (SMAC) recommends elimination of quarantine periods for dogs and cats from COVID-19-exposed households. There is no evidence that companion animals play a significant role in spreading COVID-19. ...
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Dr. Joy Keaton, Janet L. Swanson Intern of Shelter Medicine, has completed her time with the Maddie’s® Shelter Medicine program at Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine. Although this past year presented many hurdles ...
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The CDC released guidelines for optional pathways to reducing the quarantine period for people exposed to SARS-COV2. These include a reduction in the standard quarantine period from 14 days to 10 days for people ...
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As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, many are worrying about the ever-looming threat of eviction once federal and state eviction moratoria expire around the country. Because of this, many animal welfare organizations are wondering ...
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The ASPCA just released ASPCOpro’s Safe Workplace Playbook for Animal Shelters (August 2020), which includes COVID-19 processes, procedures, and guidance (consistent with the CDC’s guidelines) for safely carrying out daily shelter activities in the ...
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On May 14th, 2020, the Humane Society Legislative Fund (HSLF) and Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) released a statement, calling for the U.S. to implement 11 key policy changes to help prevent ...
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My shelter colleague mentioned something about a program called HASS. What is it? HASS is an acronym that stands for Human Animal Support Services. It’s both a philosophy of sheltering that is centered ...
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Re-location of companion animals for adoption in the time of COVID-19 requires extra attention to travel restrictions, hand-off procedures, and the reduction of bottlenecks to services to reduce length of stay. Many organizations are ...
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As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, many organizations who engage in feral, community and shelter cat spay-neuter programs halted their surgical operations. In late February and early March, the unknown virus levels and ...
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July 11-12, 2020 | All Online | Tuition Waived! To bring you the critical, timely information you need in a safe way, this year’s conference will take place virtually from July 11-12, 2020, ...
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