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Discover How Your Peers Are Saving More Lives
Eradicate Dogfighting with New Tools
Tips to Meet Your 2012 Fundraising Goals
Why the ASPCA Partnership?


Discover How Your Peers Are Saving More Lives

Get out your calendars! ASPCApro presents the 2012 Winning Strategies Webinar Series – weekly, 60-minute online sessions featuring your peers from the shelters who participated in the ASPCA 2011 $100K Challenge, including the big winner Austin Pets Alive!

In each webinar, you'll meet shelter leaders who will share practical advice and details about the winning strategies they used to save thousands of lives during the 2011 Challenge. You'll walk away with tips and ideas you can try right away at your shelter!

Register for our upcoming free webinars, including:

Register for these exciting webinars today! And prepare to bring a few new ideas back to your shelter ... and save more lives.

p.s. Join us on Wednesday, January 25 when Bert Troughton and Emily Weiss, PhD, CAAB, will present 8,977 More Lives Saved, an overview of the 2011 Challenge – what was accomplished, how, and what it means for those agencies and for the sheltering field in general.

Eradicate Dogfighting with New Tools

The U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Policing Services and the ASPCA partnered to develop the first-ever toolkit aimed at assisting law enforcement agencies in addressing dogfighting. The resource, a 96-page, illustrated manual, is available free of charge from the Justice Department to law enforcement agencies, investigators, prosecutors, animal control officers, veterinarians, and interested community partners.

The Dogfighting Toolkit for Law Enforcement is a collection of resources designed to provide local law enforcement agencies and their partners with the necessary tools to deal with dogfighting in their communities. The toolkit includes details of best practices on addressing the issue, along with access to a no-cost, online course "Combating Dogfighting" – register for the course anytime.

"This ruthless crime has become both an animal welfare and public safety issue," says Dr. Randall Lockwood, senior vice president of ASPCA Forensic Sciences and Anti-Cruelty Projects. "Dogfighting is often associated with other illegal activity such as drugs and weapons, and we hope our toolkit will help law enforcement and other agencies actively investigate, prosecute, and eradicate dogfighting in America."

Request a copy of the Dogfighting Toolkit for Law Enforcement from the Department of Justice. 

Tips to Meet Your 2012 Fundraising Goals

Is "Become a better fundraiser" on your list of 2012 New Year's Resolutions? You can make this a reality! Learn all the ins and outs of fundraising success by visiting ASPCApro.org's Fundraising section. You'll discover step-by-step instructions, samples, success stories, webinars, and strategies that we know work for animal welfare agencies.

Here's what you'll find, and much more:

1. Get started with our Fundraising Essentials

2. Discover tips to creating a fundraising plan and organizing fundraising events

3. Find ways to increase your donations and obtain grants

4. Watch webinars that will show you how to tell your story to potential new donors

With these tools in your back pocket, you can become an even more successful fundraiser in 2012!

Why the ASPCA Partnership?

ASPCA Partnership agencies all across the country have made a big difference for animals, working together with other animal welfare agencies in their communities to increase their live release rates, saving the animals most at risk through sustainable data-driven plans and programs.

Communities interested in joining the ASPCA Partnership may submit an online application now through February 17, 2012.  Learn how to apply.