Get Started Tracking At-Risk Animals Using GIS Data

two gray kittens being held by shelter staff wearing gloves and scrubs

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) help target the most at-risk animals in communities so shelters can:

See their communities through real data rather than assumptions or generalizations
More clearly understand where the most at-risk animals are coming from
Determine where it makes the most sense to plan targeted interventions

Using data that's at least 80% clean and accurate, shelters can then use GIS to help save more lives.

Prepare to Use GIS

Implement GIS

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