World Animal Protection’s Mass Dog Vaccination MDV guide
World Animal Protection’s ‘Mass Dog Vaccination (MDV)’ guide provides a comprehensive resource for the planning and implementation of the mass dog vaccination programmes for humane rabies control.Read More
World Animal Protection’s 5 tips to prevent dog bites – education package
This education pack is designed by teachers to help children learn how to read a dog’s body language and therefore aims to reduce the number of children bitten by dogs around the world.Read More
ACC&D Ethical decision-making guide
This document provides practical guidance for ethical decision-making in field projects targeting dogs and cats, with applications for designing, implementing, and reviewing programs. Read More
DPM system infographic
ICAM (2019) Humane Dog Population Management Guidance DPM system infographic in full sizeRead More
Figure 4 – Visualisation of the DPM system
ICAM (2019) Humane Dog Population Management Guidance Figure 4: Visualisation of DPM system in full sizeRead More
Figure 1 – Dog population dynamics
ICAM (2019) Humane Dog Population Management Guidance Figure 1: Dog Population Dynamics in full sizeRead More
IFAW’s field manual of veterinary standards: Dog and cat sterilisation
IFAW’s field manual of veterinary standards for dog and cat sterilisationRead More
Dog population management monitoring and evaluation literature review
This literature review (of both published and grey literature) summarises 110 items of literature that included some aspect of initial
assessment and/or monitoring and evaluation of dog population management interventions, or
methodologies used for another species that could apply to dog population managementRead More
Identification methods for dogs and cats

The aim of this document is to describe methods of identification suitable for dogs and cats, to aid decision-making and provide guidance on procedures and equipment. The advantages and disadvantages of each method and any inherent animal welfare considerations are discussed.
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Methods for the euthanasia of dogs and cats

This document aims to provide guidance on the euthanasia of dogs and cats by identifying methods considered humane and methods that might compromise animal welfare.
Some documents here are written by individual members of the lCAM Coalition and reflect the views of those individual members and not necessarily of the entire Coalition, however all members of the Coalition have approved that these documents should be made available through this site.
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