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Give people the tools and information they need to stop the unnecessary flow of loved and cared-for animals coming into our shelters.

Steal This Idea: It’s not just cats and dogs who can go into foster homes. Our feathered friends need a temporary safe place to

Many pets surrendered for euthanasia, can live happy, healthy lives—if they get the chance. Here’s how shelters can give it to them.

A shift to community-focused animal services means a new role of the facility. Here are our favorite impactful and cost-effective ideas to help you

Listen to our interview with Janis Bradley about her new research challenging the assumption that dogs are given up for bad behavior, and what

You want to keep people and pets together through crises, preserving families and keeping pets unnecessarily out of shelters. Here are 14 ways to

A full shelter, a bare-bones staff, and fewer people coming to adopt add up to a perfect storm for pets who end up in

We tackled burnout in animal shelter workers, how lifting housing restrictions could save millions of pets, knocking down unnecessary barriers to adoption, and so

These stories from 2021 about communities coming together, to help families and pets, gave us hope in a hard year. They also prove community-focused

We spoke with six organizations about their pet safety net programs: who they help, how they pay for it, getting word out, and how

Steal This Idea: Organizations are starting pet ambulance services to make sure no pets lack vet care simply for lack of transportation.

Listen to our interview with the authors of an important research paper on pet fees and housing inequality.