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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.

Technology Resources for Virtual Meet-and-Greets and Adoption Processing

When conducting virtual adoptions, consider this overview of technological needs, including shelter software, electronic document signing, and web conferencing.

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.

Adoption Ambassadors Foster Program

Adoption Ambassadors is foster care taken to the next level: You supply simple training and a few tools, and foster parents take it from there.

How Many Parvo Vaccines Should Puppies Have Before Transport?

Discover the results of the ASPCA’s study on vaccinating puppies for parvovirus by reading the study and reviewing an accompanying video.

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.