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2011 AASAO Conference
The Annual AASAO Conference and Annual General Meeting will be held at Springfield Golf Club on September 30 th. This year's line up of information filled topics includes "Answering the Call of the Wild"; "Coyotes- What you Need to Know"; and "Disease Prevention in the Shelter"
The attached package contains information on presenters, the program, registration and membership forms.
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Association of Shelter Veterinarians Release Standards of Care
The Association of Shelter Veterinarians (ASV) has just released “Guidelines for Standards of Care in Animal Shelters”, the first comprehensive report of its kind. The Guidelines are the outcome of two years of work including an exhaustive review of scientific literature by a task force of 14 shelter veterinarians. The authors hope that shelters and communities will look to this document to ensure that all animals in shelters everywhere are properly and humanely cared for. The Guidelines are intended as a positive tool for shelters and communities to review animal care, identify areas that need improvement, allocate resources and implement solutions so welfare is optimized, euthanasia is minimized, and suffering is prevented.