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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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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.

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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Animal Caretaker Burnout

Burnout is one of the most challenging aspects of animal caretaker working conditions. Self-nurturing is the key to handling weariness.
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12 Ways to Help Animal Shelters

Want to help animal shelters save more dogs and cats? Here are 12 effective ways to help homeless pets.
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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.

How to Care for a Stray or Lost Pet

What do you do when you find a stray or lost pet? Get tips on vet care, steps for introducing the animal to other pets, training, socialization, and more.
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Best Friends Volunteer Handbook

Non profit volunteer handbook for Best Friends, including info about policies, that may be used as a sample or template for other organizations.
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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

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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