Advocacy Toolkit
ICAM has developed a comprehensive guide to help animal welfare professionals advocate effectively for free-roaming dogs and cats. This practical toolkit walks you through a structured approach to creating meaningful change in your community, from setting clear objectives to measuring your impact – whether you’re new to advocacy or looking to refine your approach. Read More
Humane Dog Population Management 2019 Update
ICAM’s updated (2019) guidance on how to manage dog populations humanely and effectively.Read More
Are we making a difference? A Guide to Monitoring and Evaluating Dog Population Management Interventions (2015)
The ICAM coalition has developed guidance on monitoring and evaluation of dog population management interventions that supports academics, practitioners and funders to track progress, learn and subsequently improve their impact through the use of measurable indicators.Read More
Dog Population Management and Sustainable Development
This report highlights linkages between humane DPM and several SDGs so that future policies and programmes at the national level are shaped with DPM in mind where relevant.Read More
ICAM position statement: Dog and cat population management and changing resource availability
ICAM’s position on dog and cat population management and changing to resource availability through waste management or feedingRead More
International Cat Care’s Cat Friendly decision making guide
International Cat Care’s guidance on making decisions within cat population management systems that are both effective and cat friendly.Read More
Humane cat population management guidance
ICAM’s guidance gives advice on the five stages of a comprehensive cat population management programme and the elements within them.Read More
The welfare basis for the euthanasia of dogs and cats and policy development
The ICAM Coalition believes that it is essential that organisations working with animals have fully considered and agreed a policy for the euthanasia of animals in their care so that an informed and supported decision can be made when the time arises.
This guidance aims to help those involved in dog population management programmes to develop a euthanasia policy that is founded on principles of animal welfare and that is suitable for the given situation.
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World Animal Protection’s All eyes on dogs report
This report explains why dogs hold the key to rabies elimination. And what actions stakeholders must do to achieve the goal of ending human rabies by 2030.Read More
World Animal Protection’s Controlling rabies; One humane solution, three reasons why
World Animal Protection’s ‘Controlling rabies; One humane solution, 3 reasons why’ report explains the essential role of mass rabies vaccination of dogs in controlling and eliminating this disease. Because mass vaccination of dogs stops cruelty, protects the community and saves money.Read More
