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10 Ways to Thank Animal Foster Families

Try these free and low-cost tips to show gratitude for your animal shelter or rescue’s foster families.

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.

Finding Foundations that Fund Animal Welfare

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

Fundraising

Use these fundraising resources to plan and implement effective strategies to raise more money so you can go about your work of saving lives.

Feline Infectious Peritonitis

Learn about the prevention, transmission, diagnosis and treatment of Feline Infectious Peritonitis (FIP) in an animal shelter environment.

Animal Cruelty Research

Learn about the ASPCA’s groundbreaking research on dogfighting, animal cruelty, and animal neglect.

How to Go Live on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter

Going live for an event, campaign, or just to show off animals boosts your social media strategy and helps raise visibility. Get best practices on how to go live.

How to Determine a Kitten’s Age

This four-step process will help you find a kitten's age. (Plus, print out our poster and keep it handy for accurate aging!)

How to Create a Customer-Friendly Horse Adoption Application

Discover how to welcome equine adopters to your organization with a friendly approach and simple adoption application or adoption interest survey.

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.

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