Transfer Programs

As more and more municipal shelters transfer animals that they can't place to agencies with better chances of finding them homes, these shelters are seeing their euthanasia figures drop. Learn how the most successful transfer programs are those that respect the needs and concerns of both the municipal shelters and their rescue partners.

Step by Step Profiles

Creating a Distribution Network for Shelter Animals
Finding homes for animals from New York City's Animal Care & Control (AC&C) is the goal of this partnership between the Mayor's Alliance for NYC's Animals and over 140 shelter and rescue groups.

Carefully Crafting a Consensus-Based Transfer Program
Managing the transfer of animals from the Town Lake Animal Center (TLAC) in Austin, Texas to some 85 partners is expertly handled in this highly-structured program.