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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.

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.

Research on Fee-Waived Animal Adoptions

Thinking about offering free adoptions? Research confirms that fee-waived cats are just as loved as ones with a price tag.

They Did It: Doggy Day Out

Read about one agency's Doggy Day Out program that lets volunteers take dogs on trips of their choosing like hikes, beach trips, dinners and even sleepovers.

Meet-and-Greet Experiences that May Impact Dog and Cat Adoption

Discover dozens of research-based factors that can increase—or decrease—a shelter animal’s likelihood of getting adopted as a result of an in-person or virtual meet-and-greet.

Dog Enrichment Resources

Shelter enrichment programs help reduce stress and decrease hyper-arousal, depression, and obsessive/compulsive behavior.

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

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.

Using Technology to Facilitate Behavior Treatments

Learn how to use technology to provide behavior and enrichment during a crisis, including remote treat dispensers, cameras, social media and video conferencing.

Foster Pet Social Media Graphics

Use these social media overlays to promote animals available for adoption through foster homes.

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