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Gap Analysis Tool

Animal shelters can access the Gap Analysis Tool to determine which programs can help them save more homeless dogs’ and cats’ lives to reach no-kill.
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Puppies being rescued

Animal Shelters and Rescues Partner to Save Pets

An experienced animal rescuer explains how shelters can work with rescues to save shelter animals.
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Black senior dog who was in the shelter before being pulled by a breed-specific rescue group and then adopted by woman in photo

Recruiting Volunteers for Nonprofit Organizations

Guide provides advice on volunteers for nonprofits and other organizations, and then preparing, training, and keeping volunteers busy and happy.
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Volunteer with red parrot. Recruiting volunteers for nonprofits can be important for helping the animals.

Humane Animal Control Manual

Humane Animal Control manual, assembled by Best Friends Animal Society, describes lifesaving municipal shelter programs for dogs and cats.
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Animal control officer holding a cat in front of some kennels at a municipal shelter

How Organizations Can Engage and Retain Volunteers

Manual from Best Friends Animal Society covers how to recruit, engage and retain volunteers.
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Young volunteers working with a shelter dog

Enrichment for Shelter Cats

Shelter cat enrichment resource outlines reasons for, benefits of, and various forms of enhancing felines' lives and provides sample enrichment plans.
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White and gray cat in a kennel playing with an interactive toy, with a pink enclosed bed

Animal Fundraising Ideas: Get More Donations

How to raise money to help homeless dogs and cats: This comprehensive Best Fiends Animal Society resource provides tips and ideas.
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Get animal fundraising ideas to help raise money to care for shelter pets like this sweet white-and-black pitbull.

Animal Coalition: How to Build a Successful One

Gregory Castle, Best Friends CEO, walks you through a dozen ways to help build a successful animal coalition of pet welfare groups and organizations.
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Gregory Castle, former CEO of Best Friends, and cat. Best Friends is continually working to build and support a successful animal coalition.

How to Organize a Pet Food Drive

Learn how to organize a pet food drive in your community to gather food for dogs, cats, and other pets to help families in need keep the pets they love.
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Organize a pet food drive to help animals in need, like this pitbull mix who is up for adoption.

No-Kill: How to Make a No-Kill Community a Reality

Read firsthand accounts of leaders who have helped create no-kill cities or towns. These resources provide how-to’s for creating a no-kill community.
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Helping pitbulls like these two friendly dogs is key to achieving no-kill.

Media Relations for Animal Organizations

This animal shelters media relations resource offers PR tips; how to write news releases, PSAs and letters to editor; tips for a successful interview.
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Shelter cat wearing sunglasses and sitting next to a coffee mug

Kitten Foster Manual

Comprehensive resource of how to foster a kitten or litter of kittens, with or without their mother. Info on feeding, vet care, socializing and more.
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Two fluffy kittens snuggling

Training Shelter Dogs

Training shelter dogs helps get them ready to be adopted. Since many haven’t lived in a home, we work to prepare them for a home environment.
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Woman using positive reinforcement to train a shelter dog

Shelter Dog Won't Go Back in Run

Shelter dog won't go back in run? After being out, the dog puts on his brakes. You try to pull him, and he starts to growl. What to do?
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This shepherd mix is more interested in playing with his ball than going back in his crate.

Shelter Dog Socialization and Dog Introductions

Dogs are naturally social animals, but not all have necessary social skills. Here are instructions for rescue dog socialization.
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Two shelter dogs receiving dog socialization training

How To Conduct Successful Adoption Events

Manual from Best Friends Animal Society covers how to put on a successful dog, cat or other pet adoption event.
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Man and woman who adopted two cats at an animal rescue group's adoption event

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Best Friends Animal Society - Save Them All

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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