Happy Monday! Below is a brief roundup of resources added over the past week.

How one of our nation’s most successful programs is recruiting their fosters
Kansas City Pet Project has one of the largest foster programs in the nation with over 4,400 pets placed in foster homes in 2020 alone. In any given month, over 50% of their pets are being cared for in foster homes!  At a time when many shelters and rescue organizations are looking for innovative ways… Learn More

How to properly clean and disinfect in the shelter
Cleaning isn’t the may not be the most exciting topic, but it’s extremely important! You’ll learn loads from Dr. Chumkee Aziz in Cleaning and Disinfection in the Shelter, in this 2018 ASPCA-Maddie’s® Cornell Shelter Medicine Conference presentation. In this informative talk, Dr. Aziz stresses that cleaning and disinfecting is a two-step process, with cleaning being the most important. A little… Learn More

Upcoming virtual conferences
THIS WEEK June 23-24, 2021: Best Friends National Conference
July 9-11, 2021: The ASPCA^® Cornell Maddie’s^® Shelter Medicine Conference

From Human Animal Support Services: All about animal mutual aid
Mutual aid is when people get together to meet each other’s basic needs. Animal mutual aid is when people help each other with pet-related challenges—and in so doing, keep families together and pets out of animal shelters. Learn More

Want to help keep more people and pets together?
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