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An Overview of the Stray Animal Issue
Size: 158Kb
Author: WSPA
Resource type: PDF
Description: This document discusses the issues essential for understanding stray animal populations, and an overview of stray animal control strategies.
Also available in: Spanish
Date: 2006
A Community Approach to Bite Prevention
Size: 116Kb
Author: The American Veterinary Medical Association
Description: A report outlining ways to address a community’s dog bite concerns through a well-planned proactive community approach.
Date: 2001
Alternatives to Animal Shelters
Size: 584Kb
Author: WSPA
Resource type: PDF
Description: An overview of strategies and activities that organisations can undertake to benefit companion animal welfare without building a shelter.
Also available in: Arabic, French, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish
Date: 2008
Caring for your Cat
Size: 592Kb
Author: WSPA
Resource type: PDF
Description: A short and simple visual guide to caring for your cat.
Also available in: Arabic, Chinese, French, Greek, Hungarian, Malay, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Ukrainian
Date: 2009
Caring for your Dog
Size: 562Kb
Author: WSPA
Resource type: PDF
Description: A short and simple visual guide to caring for your dog.
Also available in: Arabic, Chinese, French, Greek, Hungarian, Malay, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Ukrainian
Date: 2009
Cat Care and Control
Size: 1.2Mb
Author: WSPA
Resource type: PDF
Description: A practical guide to the management of companion, stray, and feral cats.
Date: 2001
Cutting costs without compromising equine welfare
Size: 89kb
Author: National Equine Welfare Council
Resource type: PDF
Description: Equine charities receive a large number of calls every month from horse owners seeking alternative homes for their animals. This information sheet is aimed at helping owners in difficult circumstances.
Date: 2009
Early Age Spay Neuter (cats)
Author: Alley Cat Allies
Description: An overview of the main reasons to carry out early age spay neuter of cats.
Date: 2008
Enrichment for Shelter Dogs
Author: ASPCA
Description: Information on how to set up an effective, inexpensive canine enrichment program for your shelter, or to enhance your current enrichment program.
Date: 2009
Equine Industry Welfare Guidelines
Size: 990Kb
Author: National Equine Welfare Council
Resource type: PDF
Description: Equine Industry Welfare Guidelines Compendium for Horses, Ponies and Donkeys (third edition).
Date: 2009
How to Conduct Trap-Neuter-Return (cats)
Author: Alley Cat Allies
Description: Guidelines for humane trapping, lists and links of suggested trapping equipment, and a video of a successful feral cat trapping.
Date: 2008
Long-term risks and benefits of early-age gonadectomy in dogs
Size: 156Kb
Author: The American Veterinary Medical Association
Description: A report which studied the long-term risks and benefits of early-age sterilisation (gonadectomy) , compared with traditional-age sterlisaion, among dogs adopted from a large animal shelter.
Date: 2004
Non-surgical methods for controlling the reproduction of dogs and cats
Size: 138Kb
Author: WSPA
Resource type: PDF
Description: An overview of current knowledge regarding the practical application of non-surgical contraception and sterilisation for dogs and cats.
Date: 2008
Responsible Rehoming
Size: 80kb
Author: National Equine Welfare Council
Resource type: PDF
Description: This document outlines the most responsible options available if you find that having a horse is an expense you can definitely no longer afford. The term horse is used to cover all domestic equine species, including horses, ponies, donkeys, hinnies and mules.
Date: 2009
RSPCA Shelter Guidelines
Size: 604kb
Author: RSPCA
Resource type: PDF
Description: Guidelines for the design and management of animal shelters is a document describing the essential steps to managing animal shelters including setting policies, financial considerations, designing the shelter, managing the shelter, staffing the shelter and fundraising.
Also available in: Spanish
Saving the Whole Family - Disaster Preparedness
Size: 454Kb
Author: The American Veterinary Medical Association
Description: This disaster preparedness booklet contains detailed information on planning for both small and large animals in disasters.
Date: 2008
Disaster Preparedness
Author: ASPCA
Description: An overview of how to develop a disaster plan that is appropriate for your shelter organization and the emergencies you may face.
Date: 2009
Shelter Medicine Management Topics
Author: ASPCA
Description: Information on shelter management issues including: aggression assessments, enrichment, identification, nutrition, parasite treatment, sanitation, vaccinations etc.
Date: 2008
Stray Animal Control Practices in Europe
Size: 414Kb
Author: WSPA and RSPCA
Resource type: PDF
Description: A report into the strategies for controlling stray dog and cat populations adopted in thirty-one countries.
Date: 2007
Too Many Cats and Dogs. The Problem of Stray Animals: practical and effective management methods.
Size: 3.5Mb
Author: Lega Pro Animale
Resource type: PDF
Description: An overview of the main objectives of stray management, and an explanation of how the right methods can produce dramatic reductions in stray populations.
Also available in: Italian
Date: 2003
Behaviour, Enrichment and Rehoming Programme for Confined Cats
Size: 320kb
Author: Tamzin Barber
Resource type: PDF
Description: The Behaviour, Enrichment and Rehoming Programme for cats is comprised of behavioural interventions to ensure a more enriched environment for confined cats. It has been designed to be used for cats kept at shelters, pounds and universities.
Date: 2008
Shelter enrichment for dogs and cats
Resource type: PDF
Description: Infomation on how to recognise stress in cats and dogs living in shelters and how you can easily reduce stress and enrich your shelter environment.
Also available in: Chinese, French, Portuguese, Spanish
Date: 2010