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Download the Latest Shelter Planning Calendar

To help you optimize the possibilities every month of the year can bring to animals in your care, we've created this free, shelter-focused calendar.

10 Ways to Celebrate Halloween with Shelter Animals

Here’s some spook-tacular inspiration from your colleagues in the animal welfare field—all treats, no tricks! Have some Halloween fun at your shelter this year.

Foster Pet Social Media Graphics

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

Choosing and Working with Offsite Adoption Partners

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

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.

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.

How to Get Great Photos of Your Available Animals

Ten tips for taking quality photos that'll get your adoptables out the door and into loving homes.

Free Adoptions: Why to Do Them, Finding Funding & Operational Considerations

Learn how free adoptions can lead to positive outcomes and significant benefits for animals and the community.

How to Throw a Shelter Kitten Shower

These kitten shower ideas are intended to make kitten season a bit easier, help you recruit foster families—and bring some fun to your community.

They Did It: Surprise Kitten Visit

Forget fruit baskets—give the gift of kittens instead! This Illinois shelter showed up at local supporting businesses with kitty thank-yous in tow.

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