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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.

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.

The Rescue Effect: Animal Shelter Resources

Approximately 6.5 million animals entered U.S. shelters in 2023—a record high. The work you do on the front lines every day is critical in caring for these animals in need. But it takes all of us to turn the tide and create a positive ripple throughout shelters nationwide.

Step 3: Create Shelter-to-Home Placement Plan

Get ready to place in an animal in the home of an Adoption Ambassador.

Step 1: Choose a Coordinator

One of the six simple steps to starting your Adoption Ambassadors campaign.

Barn Cat Programs that Work

Learn how two agencies provided alternative living arrangements for hundreds of cats in barns, warehouses and factories

They Did It: Reduced Length of Stay Through an Efficient Intake Process

Having an intake process that accurately and efficiently assesses individual horse’s needs helps you plan the pathway to the best outcome for the horse.

Step 2: Select Animals for the Program

One step in the six simple steps to starting the Adoption Ambassadors program.

Feline Leukemia Virus (FeLV)

Learn more about Feline Leukemia Virus (FeLV), a viral infection that affects shelter cats.

Feline Immunodeficiency Virus (FIV)

Learn about Feline Immunodeficiency Virus (FIV), including prevention, clinical signs, transmission, diagnosis, treatment, and management.