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Advocacy Due Diligence Playbook

This playbook helps you and others understand the problems and challenges you identified and produce ideas, alternatives, and outcomes to ask a decision-maker or elected ...

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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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Hosting a Action Team Meetup

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

In chapter 2 of Best Friends Animal Society's Grassroots Advocacy Toolkit, learn how to start a local 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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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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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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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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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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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 Cruelty and Abuse or Neglect

What should you do if you suspect a neighbor or someone else is abusing, neglecting or being mean to a dog, cat or other pet or animal? Get info now.

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How to Help an Adoptable Pet From Your Home

Are you interested in helping an adoptable pet from the comfort of your home? Here are some tips for sharing the pet and writing a compelling animal bio.

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.

Gregory Castle, former CEO of Best Friends, and cat. Best Friends is continually working to build and support a successful animal coalition.