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How to Pass a No-Kill Resolution

You can help save cats and dogs in your community by working with your city council or other legislative body to pass a no-kill resolution....Read More

How to Help an Adoptable Pet From Your Home

If you're interested in helping a particular adoptable pet at your local shelter or rescue group, there are several actions you can take....Read More

Best Friends Volunteer Handbook

This is the handbook given to volunteers for Best Friends Animal Society....Read More

Black senior dog who was in the shelter before being pulled by a breed-specific rescue group and then adopted by woman in photo

Animal Shelters and Rescues Partner to Save Pets

This resource explains how shelters can work with rescue groups to save shelter animals....Read More

Use animal shelter fundraising strategies to help sweet pitbull puppies like these balls of love.

Animal Shelter Fundraising Ideas

This guide covers animal shelter fundraising fundamentals, including the development of a fundraising plan, strategies to raise money, grant writing and more....Read More

There are many ways to promote animal shelter dogs like this pooch, aptly named Charmer.

Animal Shelter Dogs: Promoting Them for Adoption

This two-part action kit provides resources and examples of ways to promote shelter dogs in order to increase their chances of adoption....Read More

Two shelter dogs playing is harmless enough but could get out of hand. To protect your animal rescue organization, you should invest in animal rescue insurance.

Animal Rescue Insurance

This animal rescue insurance guide covers types of insurance available for nonprofit animal organizations and good practices to minimize risk of loss....Read More

Get animal fundraising ideas to help raise money to care for shelter pets like this sweet white-and-black pitbull.

Animal Fundraising Ideas: Get More Donations

Because money is essential to achieving our goals for the animals, organizations need to continuously bring in revenue....Read More

Outdoor orange tabby cat who was the victim of animal cruelty

Animal Cruelty and Abuse or Neglect

Do you suspect someone of cruelty to animals? Are they abusing or neglecting a dog, cat or other animal? This is a tricky situation that requires diplomacy....Read More

Gregory Castle, former CEO of Best Friends, and cat. Best Friends is continually working to build and support a successful animal coalition.

Animal Coalition: How to Build a Successful One

In this resource, Gregory Castle, Best Friends CEO, walks you through a dozen ways to help build a successful coalition of animal welfare organizations....Read More

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