The North American COVID-19 Communication Task Force, a collaboration of animal welfare organizations across the U.S and Canada, has created accurate and shareable infographics for you to use when messaging a variety of audiences—the pet parents in your community, shelter staff, law enforcement, and your foster families. Use as is or have your in-house design team tweak them to make them your own.

Use them now.

NACA TOOL KITS

• NACA COVID-19 Position Statements: This page has up to date statements from the National Care & Control Association on topics related to Animal Services and COVID-19.
• Center for Disease Control & Prevention: Up to date information from the CDC on the COVID19 Pandemic
• COVID-19 Shelter Tool Kit: This page has a variety of resources on COVID-19 compiled by the Humane Society of the United States and The Association for Animal Welfare Advancement
• Intake Diversion for Field Officers: Proactive measures and steps to be taken by Animal Control Officers, Law Enforcement Officers, and other field operations personnel to mitigate intake via field operations
• Return to Owner Strategies: Proactive measures for reuniting pets and people
• Managed Intake: Operational guidance and justification for controlling shelter intake in all situations
• Delay/Divert Intake: What options can you put in place to delay intake while you ensure you have appropriate resources
• Pet Retention: Methods for diverting intake by aiding owners to keep their pets
• Emergency Foster Application: As we face the current pandemic it is apparent that we must reduce animal inventory in our facilities in order to ensure capacity for new animals that must be housed in the facility as well as allow for limited staffing levels appropriate time/resources to care for the animals in the physical shelter. One way of accomplishing this is through emergency foster placement.
• American Pets Alive- COVID-19 Shelter Preparedness Guide: This page has an extensive list of sample documents, position statements, and protocols from agencies across the United States
• Best Friends COVID-19 Guide: Resources including lists of upcoming webinars with key information
• American Veterinary Medical Association- COVID-19: Up to date information from the American Veterinary Medical Association on COVID-19 and its implication for the veterinary community
• Sample SOPs (pdf):
  • FAQ Sheet For Front Staff 
  • Volunteer Shifts and Precautions Sample letter
  • Foster Messages for Social Media
  • COVID Level Activation
  • Shelter Intake for exposure
  • COVID19 Adoption Plan
  • Draft Press Release for MACC COVID
  • ACO-SOP in Field