Animal Welfare Professionals

Hi everyone! We do weekly open adoption events at our adoption center every weekend and then we have additional events off site (when local stores/venues host) but people are getting confused or don't read - even though each post has the details (time/place/what animals will be there/etc). Is there another ... See More

Glad to hear the sound baffles made a difference in your kennel. We are seriously thinking of giving that a try. Dogs will be dogs and they will still bark but the baffles should absorb some of the sound. Thanks for your reply. ------------------------------ Kingman County Humane Society director ... See More

Hello! I am from Anderson, CA and am a volunteer who wears many hats for Stillwater Cat Haven. As the founders are 81 and wanting to retire, I took this opportunity to step in and learn as much as I can, as fast as I can, to help them out. My previous occupations had me working for Habitat for Humanity ... See More

Our kennel is a metal building. No problems with sound echoing there!! The noise was so bad, you could not even hear yourself think let alone have a conversation in the building. We had sound baffles installed. Now you can actually have a brief conversation. Still not whisper quiet, but it has ... See More

The Institute for Human-Animal Connection put together a standard protocol a few years back after interviews with several programs across the U.S. Hope this is helpful! https://www.wellbeingintlstudiesrepository.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1001&context=anitobe ------------------------------ Sloane ... See More

Hi Alexis, It's been a while since I wrote this article about kittens being fostered in prisons. Hope it's of interest to you and others. https://purrfectpals.org/wp-content/uploads/PowerofPurr1.pdf ------------------------------ Nancy Peterson The National Kitten Coalition ----------------------- ... See More

Yes, please share when you can! This sounds like an amazing idea❤️ I am so glad it was so successful for you last year and I hope it is this year as well!! Thank you!! ------------------------------ Hillary Witt Foster Coordinator Bottle Babies Rescue Plymouth ------------------------------ ... See More

We did Black Fur-day instead of Black Friday. All adult cats and dogs with black fur were 50% off. Last year we did a Secret Santa/Paw Angel Tree (I don't remember what we called it) but it really helped spice up getting donations. We made a list of some longer stay animals (you can pick whoever) and ... See More

I don't have the resources really to show you how to do any of this. But the rescue I work at used to be SOLELY foster based and was very successful. Then we acquired a facility and have a shelter-like space for additional animals. If there is anything on our website that can help, or maybe you could ... See More

We did an "angel tree" last year. You put animals names up as an ornament and on the back it's a list of their "Christmas list" (or what you need) and it was SO SUCCESSFUL! I started out with not that many animals because I didn't have high hopes, but our community went above and beyond and I had to ... See More