New resources and a fresh new face will greet visitors to the newly-launched website at animalsheltering.org! Billed as “a welcoming digital space for you to access our lifesaving tools with ease,” the site features tools that will let you: Reduce the number of animals entering your shelter and rescue groups Ensure access to veterinary care… Learn More

Three of the Internet’s most beloved pets — all formerly in a shelter or rescue group– are teaming up with our funded Shelter Pet Project to help the millions of dogs and cats in shelters and rescue groups across the country find loving homes. Fashion icon Toast Meets World, globally recognized pianist Keyboard Cat and… Learn More

Do you have creative and innovative methods for finding homes for pets? Have a new way of adopting animals directly from foster homes? We would love to hear about your ideas and experiences! We’re inviting shelter or rescue staff and volunteers, as well as individuals, who care for and adopt out pets, to take this… Learn More

You may have noticed we recently updated our website and this blog. Along with this new look comes a change to how our blog posts are delivered to you. If you’ve been receiving them via email, you’ll want to click here and check “Blog Posts” to keep on chewing! You now can also sign up to receive newsletters,… Learn More

It’s National Cat Day — where better to spend it than the Cat Town Cafe? It’s the nation’s first cat cafe, located in Oakland, California, financed in part by Maddie’s Fund® and featuring the cats of Oakland Animal Services (OAS) — all available for cuddles, pets, purrs and, of course, adoption, while visitors are sipping… Learn More

‘Twas the night before Cat Day and near SF Bay Not a kitty was stirring at Cat Town Cafe The cats were all draped on the cat trees with care In hope that their adopters soon would be there The kittens were snoozing all snug in their beds While visions of families danced in their… Learn More

As part of our commitment to lifesaving, we want to help shelters and rescue groups grow, sustain, and improve their foster care programs. We also want to make pet fostering more rewarding and successful for the community members who participate in it. To do that, we need your help! Humane Network is conducting two surveys… Learn More

There’s great news from the University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine, where the Maddie’s® Shelter Medicine Residency was just approved by the American Board of Veterinary Practitioners! This residency is part of Maddie’s Fund®‘s ongoing commitment to shelter medicine. We know that it’s not possible to save this country’s healthy and treatable pets without… Learn More