Cats are America's most popular pet, but they're also filling up shelters and rescues. We can give you the resources to provide the best care for your cats.
Resources and Articles
From the Magazine
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March 1, 2012
The "101" Department: All Together Now
Done properly, group housing can produce happier cats, delighted visitors, and more adoptions. Learn what you need to know before you start your own colony room.
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March 1, 2012
Saving an Erie Number of Cats
Despite being located in one of the nation’s poorer regions, animal welfare organizations in Erie County, N. Y., have managed for the last several years to avoid euthanizing any healthy, adoptable felines. How are they doing it?
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March 1, 2012
Scooping Up Savings
Get the scoop on why staff at some shelters use and recommend wood stove pellets as filler for their feline residents’ litter boxes.
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March 1, 2012
Behavior Department: A Gentle Kind of Cat Care
Researcher Nadine Gourkow developed a unique scale to assess emotional states in shelter cats and confirmed that mental stimulation and gentling techniques both improve cats’ emotional well-being and reduce the incidence of URI.
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January 1, 2012
Tipping the Scales: Getting Fat Cats Up and Out
Three shelters share their strategies for getting tubby cats adopted into loving homes.
Policies
Programs
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Safe Cats
The HSUS Safe Cats campaign has a primary goal of convincing cat caregivers that there truly is no place like home for their cats. Safe Cats increases awareness about the threats cats face when allowed outdoors without supervision, shatters the myth that an indoor cat is an unhappy cat, and spreads the word that shelter professionals and veterinarians alike advocate against allowing pet cats to roam.
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Declawing Cats: Far Worse Than a Manicure
An article for the public on why declawing can be harmful to cats.
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Feline Vaccine Advisory Panel Report
From the Vaccinations, Animals section of the Resource Library:The American Association of Feline Practitioners (AAFP) Vaccine Advisory Panel Report provides information on vaccines for cats.
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Dumb Friends League Targeted Cat Adoption Video
A video from the Dumb Friends League promoting cats as great pets.
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