Has an adopted pet ever changed your life? Has a pet adopted from your shelter or rescue group ever changed someone else’s life? The Petco Foundation wants to hear your stories, and help animal welfare organizations save more lives during the holidays and year round! The foundation, in partnership with Petco, is once again making… Learn More
We believe foster homes are the future of lifesaving, so we want to show foster caregivers some big love! We’ll help your foster pets get some exposure in our Show Us Your Foster contest – are you in? All you have to do is upload a photo and some basic information about your foster dog… Learn More
If you were at the 2016 Best Friends Animal Society National Conference last month, you probably heard a lot of whooping and hollering from the Booth 205. Yep, that was us! People lined up for a chance to play the Maddie Spin and Win machine and 36 lucky organizations won $500 and $1,000 grants. (Although from inspiring… Learn More
What if someone had genuine useful resources that could help those working with animals in the shelter, rescue and veterinary fields cope with emotional numbness, stress, anxiety and burnout? Someone does: The Maddie’s® Shelter Medicine Program at the University of Florida is enrolling students in its online course in “Compassion Fatigue Strategies” with certified compassion fatigue… Learn More
If you’re looking for Maddie’s Fund® next week, we’ll be #winning with some of our closest animal-loving human friends at the Best Friends National Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah! Will you be there? If so, be sure to stop by our booth, record your Aha! Moment, and play the Maddie Spin & Win machine!… Learn More
Put on your creative-thinking caps because when it comes to animal welfare and lifesaving, it pays to be innovative. Literally. Especially for those who attended the Humane Society of the United States Animal Care Expo Conference! How so? Maddie’s Fund® is offering $250,000 in grant funding for shelters and rescue groups, appropriately called the Innovation… Learn More
Cat behaviorist and advocate Jackson Galaxy is bringing his #TeamCatMojo to Twitter chat with our funded Shelter Pet Project Twitter on Friday, June 17, from 9-10 PM Eastern Time. The host of Animal Planet’s My Cat From Hell and founder of the Jackson Galaxy Foundation will be answering your cat questions and sharing what his… Learn More
Who better to help guide animal shelters to save more treatable pets, and keep their healthy pets happy and well, than veterinarians? If you’re a veterinarian who has ever longed to move beyond the surgical suite to a true policy role in your community animal shelter, this two-day, in-person CE course from the Maddie’s® Shelter… Learn More
What do you get when you combine a pet lifesaving conference and Las Vegas? You get Maddie Spin & Win machines filled with grants and a whole lot of pets’ lives being saved! In an effort to inspire innovation and drive change, Maddie’s Fund® decided to get into the Las Vegas gambling spirit at this year’s Humane… Learn More
Dane County, WI, is a good place for homeless pets, thanks to Maddie and the hard work of local animal adoption organizations. The Maddie’s® Pet Rescue Project in Dane County was a seven-year, collaborative effort to end the euthanasia of healthy and treatable shelter animals in the community. Four organizations came together during different periods… Learn More