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Adoption Counseling Resources for Foster Families

Relying on foster families to help place foster animals is a helpful tactic for shelters and rescues. Follow these tips to start a program at your organization.

Dakin Humane Society's Progressive Adoption Programs

This shelter's open adoption plan replaces inflexible rules with congenial, collaborative communication between shelter and adopters.

Foster Kitten Supply Wish Lists and Checklists

Use a sample wish list and checklist to gather needed supplies for foster kittens.

How to Start or Elevate an Adoption Ambassadors Program

Exciting things can happen when shelters and rescues empower foster parents to market and directly adopt out their own foster dogs! Learn Adoption Ambassadors step-by-step.

Pets as Gifts Can Safely Increase Holiday Adoptions

Learn how promoting pets as gifts can get more shelter animals adopted using research-backed techniques that save lives.

Advocating for Meaningful Animal Welfare Policies Through Storytelling

Storytelling is a powerful way to showcase your lifesaving efforts and motivate lawmakers to remove barriers to keeping pets and people together.

Equine Fostering Q&A with Hickory Hill Farm

Increase your capacity and place more horses into homes with fostering tips from Hickory Hill Farm.

Simultaneously Message Kitten Foster Recruitment and Leaving Healthy Kittens in Place

Struggling with how to ask the public to leave found healthy kittens in the field while also recruiting kitten foster caregivers? Check out these messaging ideas.

Online Resource Launches for Owner-to-Owner Adoptions

An online community, getyourpet.com, has launched to connect people who want to adopt pets with people who need to rehome their pets.

They Did It: Reinvented How They Talk About Behavior in Shelter Animals

Two experts provide examples and tools for messaging behavior in shelter animals that can be easily implemented into daily operations.

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