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Must Shelters Quarantine Animals for Relocation?

Learn how critical it is for animal shelters to quarantine dogs and cats before or after animal relocation.

Dakin Humane Society's Progressive Adoption Programs

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

Choosing and Working with Offsite Adoption Partners

Here’s how to find community partners to help you create a successful offsite cat adoption program.

How to Go Live on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter

Going live for an event, campaign, or just to show off animals boosts your social media strategy and helps raise visibility. Get best practices on how to go live.

Collect Adoption Interest with Online Applications

Check out these online adoption interest applications and use them as inspiration to create your own.

Holiday Heroes Provide Short-Term Foster Care

Try a short-term fostering program over the holidays (or any time) to engage new volunteers!

Doggy Day Outs, Field Trips & Short-Term Fosters: Reducing Stress in Shelter Dogs While Increasing Volunteers and Adoptions

Discover simple and effective strategies to involve your community in volunteer outings that help reduce stress for shelter dogs and increase adoptions.

They Did It: Throwing a Slumber Party for Shelter Animals

Learn how an Arizona agency gave shelter animals some R&R—and some potential new homes at the same time.

Tips to Make Dog Adoptions Stick

Follow these tips from dog expert Patricia McConnell to help maximize the chance for a lasting dog adoption.

Feline Foster Care Guide

Whether you’re launching a foster program or looking to enhance an existing one, this Feline Foster Care Guide can equip your team and foster families with all they need to succeed.

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