Kitten season has only just begun, so what’s a shelter or rescue organization to do?   Well, you could try a cat pop-up or cat café! We attended the session Commerce for kitties: Using for-profit approaches to help more cats at HSUS Animal Care Expo in April, and we learned a lot of great stuff!  Pop-ups are temporary retail… Learn More

If you were at Humane Society of the United States Animal Care Expo conference last month, we hope you stopped by our booth to say hi, grabbed some fun giveaways and even tried your luck at winning a grant or two (or three, for some people!) This was the first year we played Plinko and… Learn More

5 marketing strategies to take your shelter dog field trip program to the next level Dozens of animal shelters and rescue organizations across the country are launching field trip programs as part of a groundbreaking nationwide study of foster care. By making it easy for their communities to participate and using innovative marketing strategies, multiple… Learn More

Have you ever noticed how a little change in perspective can make a BIG difference? Dr. Sara Pizano certainly has. She’s worked with more than 100 animal shelters all over the country, from small rural facilities to large urban shelters. In the upcoming webcast, A Playbook Approach to Saving Lives in Animal Shelters, she’ll walk… Learn More

Celebrate 25 years of lifesaving with us! April saw the start of our 12-month long celebration of 25 years of Maddie’s Fund®! We kicked off the merriment at HSUS Animal Care Expo with our “Who’s a Good Human?” (#WAGH) campaign, spotlighting the importance of good people in animal welfare. One of our giveaways at Expo… Learn More

Today we celebrate Maddie’s birthday! The beloved Miniature Schnauzer inspired a revolution, and for that, we salute her. Little Maddie was a feisty lady, and her humans, Dave and Cheryl Duffield, saw no better way to honor her than by helping to save the lives of companion animals. They wanted other families to feel the… Learn More

April saw the start of our 12-month long celebration of 25 years of Maddie’s Fund®! We kicked off the merriment at HSUS Animal Care Expo with our “Who’s a Good Human?” campaign, spotlighting the importance of good people in animal welfare. One of our giveaways at Expo included the popular “Who’s a Good Human” t-shirt,… Learn More

Study: 95% of adopters with FeLV cats have a positive experience American Pets Alive! (APA!) is currently conducting a study on FeLV adopter satisfaction. Officially titled “Feline Leukemia Virus Cats in a Shelter Setting: Effectiveness and Outcome,” APA! is looking at what happens with these cats long-term and how fosters and adopters feel about them.… Learn More

The state of Alabama and national animal welfare leaders have proclaimed today, April 16th, to be Lynne Fridley Day! The day is named after our very own Co-Director of Education, Alabama resident and indisputable champion of shelter pets for over 40 years, who will retire this year. Her hometown of Montevallo, AL along with Alabama’s… Learn More

We’re celebrating 25 years of lifesaving! 2019 marks the 25th anniversary of Maddie’s Fund®. Starting in April, we will be celebrating for an entire year until April 2020! Join us! Learn more Let the good times roll at HSUS Animal Care Expo in New Orleans Will we see you at Humane Society of the United States… Learn More