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Implementing SOPs

Find out how to effectively use your SOP as a training tool.

Become an ASPCA Placement Partner

The ASPCA’s Centralized Placement team connects at-risk animals with our Placement Partners, a nationwide network of shelters and rescue groups. These resilient animals are rescued from cruelty or disaster situations and receive much needed care at ASPCA facilities.

Online Course to Increase Horse Adoption and Get More Supporters

This short training offers matchmaking strategies to build long-term adopters and supporters using conversation-based adoption counseling.

Animal Shelter Population Rounds

One of the most effective ways of minimizing animals' length of stay is through the use of Population Rounds (also referred to as daily shelter rounds). Learn how, when, and why to perform this daily task.

Tips to Make Dog Adoptions Stick

Follow these tips from dog expert Patricia McConnell to help maximize the chance for a lasting dog adoption.

They Did It: Raised More Than 25% of Their Annual Fundraising Goal During One Event

What made Heart of the Valley Animal Shelter’s signature “Dog Ball” fundraiser so successful? Executive Director Marla Caulk shares her tips.

Updating SOPs

Your SOP should be reviewed at least once a year by all staff, department supervisors and the director.

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.

Finding Foundations that Fund Animal Welfare

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

They Did It: Reinvented How They Talk About Behavior in Shelter Animals

Two experts provide examples and tools for messaging behavior in shelter animals that can be easily implemented into daily operations.

Join The Rescue Effect