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

Maddie’s Fund® is considering starting an Apprenticeship Program. If we did, would you be interested in learning about and implementing a new program at your shelter or rescue organization? At this time we are looking for directors or managers of shelter or rescue organizations to answer a few survey questions about such a program. If you are… Learn More

Looking for the latest in sheltering innovations, and help with writing shelter protocols? You won’t want to miss the ASPCA Cornell Maddie’s® Shelter Medicine Conference, scheduled for July 29-31, 2016, on the Cornell University campus in Ithaca, NY. Now in its twelfth year, the conference will cover two and a half days with four tracks… Learn More

Not at Animal Care Expo in Las Vegas? Here are few things we heard in the halls and sessions! What will you take away from the @MaddiesFund sessions at #AnimalCareExpo on Thursday? pic.twitter.com/6qKZwzskFW — Maddie’s Institute (@maddiesinst) May 11, 2016 #HeardItAtExpo: “Make change and innovation standard operating procedure at your animal shelter.” #AnimalCareExpo — Maddie’s… Learn More