The Real Reasons Pets Enter Shelters and How to Change the Story
Shelters often take in pets because of complex human challenges, rarely just a single reason. In this condensed session, you’ll discover key insights from the Human Animal Support Services (HASS) Intake Triage Project, which replaces transactional intake with a triage-based approach to uncover the full story behind owner surrenders and found pets. Learn how shelters used conversational intake to gather richer, more actionable data, spot trends unique to their communities, and design targeted resources that keep pets with their families. We’ll share common themes and proven strategies for addressing financial and housing barriers, resolving behavior concerns, empowering finders to reunite lost pets, and building effective finder-to-foster programs.
About Community Conversations:
Maddie’s Fund hosts a weekly hour-long Zoom call for animal well-being professionals. These calls are a collaborative space to share exciting new programs and research, discuss uncomfortable topics, connect with peers in the industry, and more, all while sharing a common goal of preserving the human-animal bond.
This call, recurring each Monday unless otherwise posted, is for executive directors, animal well-being leaders, shelter workers, pet support professionals, volunteers, and rescue organizations.
The registration link is: https://maddies.fund/CommunityConversationsRegistration2025
All calls are recorded and uploaded to the Community Conversations page on Maddie’s Pet Forum https://forum.maddiesfund.org/communityconversations
Win Ca$h for Attending!
Each month, Maddie's Fund will be giving away up to $10,000 in grants. You can enter to win each time you attend a call or watch on-demand during the month by completing the giveaway drawing entry forms shared in the chat during the calls.
Please Note: All views expressed on these calls are not necessarily endorsed by Maddie’s Fund.
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