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Strategic Intake & Pathway Planning
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Lifesaving in Animal Shelters — a Need for a Different Approach

Strategic managed intake is a proven practice that recognizes that entering an animal shelter is not the best outcome for many pets and that remaining in their homes, or ...
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Setting the record straight on managed intake

Setting the record straight on managed intake
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Counting All Paws: Mastering Daily Population Rounds

Counting All Paws: Mastering Daily Population Rounds
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Setting the stage for strategic intake

Setting the stage for strategic intake
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NACA support of appointment-based intake

NACA comes out in support of appointment-based intake
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The Best Friends Podcast Ep. 92

The Best Friends Podcast Episode 92
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Reducing Length of Stay Conference Session

Reducing Length of Stay at Your Shelter Conference Session
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Daily Rounds: Planning a Pathway

Daily Rounds: Planning a Pathway Playbook
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Length of Stay Manual

Length of Stay Manual
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Setting the Record Straight

Setting the Record Straight on Shelter Returns
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Switching Gears to Managed Intake

Out With the Old, In With the New: Switching Gears to Managed Intake
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Let’s Talk About Managed Intake

Let’s Talk About Managed Intake
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The Best Friends Podcast Ep. 22

The Best Friends Podcast Episode 22
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Animal Flow Training Playbook

Animal Flow Training Playbook
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Managed Intake or Admissions Training Playbook

Managed Intake or Admissions Training Playbook
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We will reach no-kill in this country in 2025.

Best Friends, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization (tax ID# 23-7147797), operates the nation’s largest sanctuary for homeless animals and provides adoption, spay/neuter, and educational programs.

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