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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.

Northern Tier Shelter Initiative Zoomie #3: Collaborating with Indigenous Communities to Advance Animal and Human Welfare

Discover ways to partner with indigenous communities that help people and pets.

10 Ways to Thank Animal Foster Families

Try these free and low-cost tips to show gratitude for your animal shelter or rescue’s foster families.

Advocating for Meaningful Animal Welfare Policies Through Storytelling

Storytelling is a powerful way to showcase your lifesaving efforts and motivate lawmakers to remove barriers to keeping pets and people together.

Matchmaking Made Easy: Conversational, Nonjudgmental Adoption Counseling Tips & Language Guide

Download these easy conversation guides to help with nonjudgmental adoption counseling that uses positive, inclusive language to build trust and increase adoptions.

Creating Adoption Processes that Truly Support Saving Lives

Learn specific strategies for engaging staff, volunteers, and the community to increase the volume and success of your adoptions.

Shelter Behavior Roundtable: Post-Adoption Behavioral Support

Learn from our panel of experts as they explore the ins and outs of effective and efficient post-adoption behavioral support.

Behavior Tips for Living with Intact Dogs and Cats

Share these behavior tips with foster caregivers and adopters living with intact dogs and cats when spay/neuter surgeries are temporarily unavailable.

5 Tips for Marketing Adult Cats Effectively

It’s easy for potential adopters to overlook adult cats for cute kittens. Use these five tips to help your adult cats stay in the spotlight.

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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