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Meet Your Match Pet Adoption Program

Meet Your Match is a research-based adoptions program proven to increase adoptions and decrease returns. Learn about Canine- and Feline-ality

Adoption Ambassadors Resources: Job Description

This handy one-sheet job description summarizes the goal and responsibilities of being an Adoption Ambassadors pet foster home.

Five Steps to a Better Adoption Experience Download

This PDF details five steps to a better adoption experience, and can help you find good homes for your animals while taking a more conversational approach.

4 Effective Strategies to Adopt Out Foster Kittens

Learn four effective ways to find homes for foster kittens, including Adoption Ambassadors, mega-adoption events, pet supply stores and relocation.

They Did It: Enhanced Cageless Cat Housing with Local Landmark Décor

The San Francisco SPCA describes how pets and people benefit from cleverly designed replicas of iconic landmarks in their shelter.

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.

Dakin Humane Society's Progressive Adoption Programs

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

Top Ten Tips: Caring For Community Cats in Winter

Here are some quick tips to help feral cat caretakers and their colonies make it safely through the cold winter months.

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.

4 Tips for Prepping Animals Before a Big Adoption Event

Preparing your animals for a large-scale event is a big undertaking. Use these four tried-and-true tips from your colleagues in the field.

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