We've long had the intuition that foster programs and higher adoption rates go hand in hand. Now we have the data to prove it: New research from the Best Friends data team, based on a survey of nearly 650 network partners, shows that these lifesaving programs boost adoption rates by 20 percentage points.
For an organization admitting 1,000 animals each year, that's another 200 pets going home. For an organization admitting 10,000 animals, that's another 2,000 pets being adopted, just by having a foster program.
Those numbers are even higher when fosters are fully engaged in the adoption process.
Read more in this new blog from the Best Friends data team- in it, we share ideas for how every shelter can put these findings into action right now!
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Kimberly Elman
Manager, Data Acquisition & Partnerships
Best Friends Animal Society
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