Shelter and Rescue Work | Best Friends Animal Society - Save Them All

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25 Ways to Help Save Them All

Are you looking for more ways to help save homeless dogs and cats? Check out these options.

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How to Help Animal Shelters in an Emergency or Natural Disaster

If you'd like to help animal shelters navigate an emergency or natural disaster, here are some key tips to maximize what you can provide.

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Supporting a Lifesaving Animal Ordinance in Your Community

In chapter 3 of Best Friends Animal Society's Grassroots Advocacy Toolkit, you'll learn how to promote ordinances that save homeless dogs and cats.

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Using Social Media to Support Your Advocacy Efforts

In chapter 8 of Best Friends Animal Society's Grassroots Advocacy Toolkit, learn tips for using social media to save more dogs and cats.

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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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Tabling and Canvassing in Your Community

In chapter 6 of Best Friends Animal Society's Grassroots Advocacy Toolkit, learn tips for tabling and canvassing to raise awareness for homeless pets.

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Engaging With Local Schools

In chapter 7 of Best Friends Animal Society's Grassroots Advocacy Toolkit, you'll learn how you can involve young people in saving more homeless pets.

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Hosting a 2025 Action Team Meetup

In chapter 5 of Best Friends Animal Society's Grassroots Advocacy Toolkit, learn tips for hosting a 2025 Action Team meeting.

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Community Organizing to Help Homeless Pets

In chapter 1 of Best Friends Animal Society's Grassroots Advocacy Toolkit, learn how to connect with advocates for homeless pets in your community.

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Starting a Local 2025 Action Team Chapter

In chapter 2 of Best Friends Animal Society's Grassroots Advocacy Toolkit, learn how to start a local 2025 Action Team.

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Creating Petitions and Gathering Signatures

In chapter 4 of Best Friends Animal Society's Grassroots Advocacy Toolkit you'll learn tips for creating successful petitions to help save more homeless pets.

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Grassroots Advocacy Toolkit: Introduction

Best Friends Animal Society's Grassroots Advocacy Toolkit provides a guide to creating compassionate communities for pets and people.

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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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Animal Shelters and Rescues Partner to Save Pets

An experienced animal rescuer explains how shelters can work with rescues to save shelter animals.

Black senior dog who was in the shelter before being pulled by a breed-specific rescue group and then adopted by woman in photo

How to Start an Animal Rescue Group

Here's a comprehensive guide for how to start an animal rescue group, including preliminary planning, obtaining 501(c)(3) nonprofit status, setting a budget, and presenti...

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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.

Volunteer with red parrot. Recruiting volunteers for nonprofits can be important for helping the animals.