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5 Tips for Training and Retaining Volunteers

Learn how one small all-volunteer organization uses five tips to effectively train and retain an army of dedicated volunteers.

Research Comparing Costs of Trap/Neuter/Return (TNR) and Euthanasia

Learn about the relative costs of trap-euthanize vs trap-neuter-return and when they can decrease the population of community cats!

Finding Foundations that Fund Animal Welfare

Check out this starter list of organizations that make giving animal-welfare grants part of their mission.

Animal Shelter-Related Research

Animal welfare professionals serving dogs, cats, and horses can use this data-backed information to enhance fostering, adoption, relocation, and other programs.

A Pup Named Pumpernickel is ASPCA Spay/Neuter Alliance’s 500,000th Patient

As of October 11, 2022, half a million animals have been spayed and neutered by the ASPCA Spay/Neuter Alliance (ASNA). The landmark patient was a puppy named Pumpernickel.

Getting Good TV and Radio Coverage

Check out tips for working with broadcast media and building relationships with people who influence what stories are covered.

Writing a Winning Press Release

Apply these five pointers to all press releases you write to help ensure they are chosen over hundreds of others sent in.

Volunteer Passports: The Gateway to Shelter Support

A simple, straightforward training tool introduces volunteers to shelter support tasks that have a high impact.

Creating SOPs

Find out what SOPs are, what they should contain, who benefits from having them and strategies for getting them written.

7 Tips for Animal Shelters on Giving Tuesday

These seven best practices can help you leverage the philanthropic powerhouse of Giving Tuesday on behalf of your organization and its animals.

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