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Empower Owners, Engage Your Community to Boost RTO

Looking for ways to increase the number of lost pets returning to their owners? Read about a winning model that empowers pet owners and the wider community.

Meet-and-Greet Experiences that May Impact Dog and Cat Adoption

Discover dozens of research-based factors that can increase—or decrease—a shelter animal’s likelihood of getting adopted as a result of an in-person or virtual meet-and-greet.

6 Tips for Winning Over Shy Dogs

Helping those canine wallflowers bloom requires patience and skill. Here are 6 tips to make it easier.

Adoption Ambassadors Resources: Take-Home Checklist

This checklist will ensure your Adoption Ambassadors are leaving your shelter with all the supplies they need to care for and market their foster pets.

Evaluating Horses for Better Matchmaking

Learn how one organization evaluates horses to match them with the right adopter.

Research Shows Why Shelters Should Offer Free Cat Adoptions

Waive fees and adopters will come. The price tag – or lack thereof – doesn’t affect the love or longevity of an adopter’s relationship with a cat.

Research on Access to Veterinary Care

Discover research that helps keep people and pets together by increasing access to veterinary care through low-cost veterinary clinics and more treatment options for pets in need.

7 Ideas to Promote Your Shelter Animals on Black Friday

Get more animals adopted just in time for the holidays with these Black Friday promotion ideas.

Do Underweight Dogs Resource Guard More?

Discover the research results from an ASPCA study on food aggression in dogs who have experienced food scarcity.

How Animal Shelters Can Partner with Shopping Malls to Increase Adoptions and Donations

Partner with a retail mall to increase adoptions and find homes for special needs pets.

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