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Serving Horses in Your Community with Strategic Intake Policies

Use these intake strategies to help more horses in your community.

Northern Tier Shelter Initiative Zoomies: Shelter Intake Meets Capacity for Care

Join the leaders from Northern Tier organizations to discuss programs and tactics to help decrease and manage intake.

ASPCA Survey: Strategies to Increase Participation in Kitten Foster Programs in High Shelter Intake Communities

Read a recent ASPCA study that identifies barriers and opportunities to increase kitten foster volunteers in high kitten shelter intake communities.

Volunteer Management 101

Learn the basic of creating or expanding a volunteer program that advances your mission and is productive and rewarding for both staff and volunteers.

Volunteer Management 201

Create or expand a volunteer program that advances your mission and is productive and rewarding for both staff and volunteers.

Tips for Managing Capacity Challenges from Oregon Humane Society

Oregon Humane Society offers useful tips for managing capacity for care and avoiding overcrowding.

COVID-19 Animal Welfare Survey Offers View of Future Shelter Operations

A survey of shelters and rescues during the pandemic revealed challenges, lessons learned, and new approaches to help dogs and cats going forward.

They Did It: Hired a Social Worker for Their Animal Shelter

Gateway Pet Guardians hired a Community Support Manager to support the people and pets in their community

What's the Deal About Data?

Knowing what animals are coming into your shelter and why, and what animals are making it out alive (or not) are important keys to improve your performance.

Using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to Map Animal Data

Read about the ASPCA’s research into Geographic Information Systems and how it can be a powerful lifesaving tool for shelters.

Join The Rescue Effect