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Place More Pets Now With These Easy Changes
Shelter and rescue workers like you are working tirelessly to save the lives of homeless dogs and cats across the country. Sometimes, we need to go back to the basics, like making it as easy as possible for people to adopt from or foster with you!
In this live discussion on open adoptions and fostering, our panelists equip you with tangible advice for breaking down barriers in your adoption and foster processes to include your entire community
Moderator: Tawny Hammond, Director of No Kill Advancement, Best Friends Animal Society
Panelists:
- Heather Owen, Executive Director & Co-Founder of One Tail at a Time
- Lawrence Nicolas, President of Jacksonville Humane Society
- Misha Goodman, Animal Care Services Director of Bernalillo County Animal Care and Resource Center
- Dawn Binion-Stewart, Director of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB) for Best Friends Animal Society
Resources
- Getting the Message Out: How to Overcome Adoption and Foster Challenges in Your Community
- Expanding Your Walls: Maximize Lifesaving with a Community-Based Foster Program
- If "Nobody's Perfect," Then Why Do We Expect All Pet Adopters to Be?
- Reduced Fee Adoptions - Why They Work
- Cat Foster Care Manual
- Dog Foster Care Manual
- Increasing Adoptions with Effective Marketing
- Marketing and Adoption Tool Kits