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Public Relations and Working With the Media

In chapter 9 of Best Friends Animal Society's Grassroots Advocacy Toolkit, you'll learn tips for bringing your message about saving homeless pets to the media.
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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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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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Animal Shelter Fundraising Ideas

This guide covers animal shelter fundraising fundamentals: developing a fundraising plan, strategies to raise money, grant writing and more.
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Use animal shelter fundraising strategies to help sweet pitbull puppies like these balls of love.

Animal Rescue Insurance

This animal rescue insurance guide covers types of insurance available for nonprofit animal organizations and good practices to minimize risk of loss.
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Two shelter dogs playing is harmless enough but could get out of hand. To protect your animal rescue organization, you should invest in animal rescue insurance.
 
Best Friends Animal Society - Save Them All

Together, we can Save Them All.

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.

Save Them All
Stay in touch with the animals via email updates, as they get second chances at happy homes.

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