Balancing Needs of Shelter Animals, Community in Times of Crisis

Continuing the important discussion on the current veterinary shortage, Dr. Julie Levy shared her thoughts on how shelters can balance caring for their organization’s animals with community services
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Expanding our reach with multilingual marketing

Best Friends' manager of multicultural marketing Mia Navedo-Williams shared how animal welfare organizations can effectively reach and connect with the Hispanic community
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The State of U.S. Animal Sheltering, 2020

This report shares results of the Best Friends 2020 national dataset and analysis, as well as a five-year trend of total data and intake and outcomes.
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