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Not your mother’s animal shelter
Some longtime animal welfare professionals can remember the days of tiny cinderblock shelters hidden away from the community, bare concrete kennels and unthinkable euthanasia rates. Decades later, shelters leading the field are innovative, creative community centers that tackle animal homelessness at the roots and boast vastly improved live-release rates. How did we get here—and where will we go next? We explore this in Animal Sheltering magazine's spring issue... Keep reading
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Animal Sheltering empowers shelter professionals and rescue groups to help create a world where people and animals thrive—living happy, healthy lives together through four key areas working to:
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Animal Care
Expo 2018
Acting HSUS president and CEO explains why Kansas City is the place to be this May
One of the many ways in which The HSUS makes the world a better place for animals is with our annual Animal Care Expo, the world’s largest educational conference and trade show for people who work with, or want to work with, animals. This year, the event takes place in Kansas City, Missouri, between May 14 and 17. Whether you are a volunteer with an animal rescue, a seasoned shelter employee, someone looking to make a career change, or just someone who wants to learn more about animal protection work, this is the conference for you, and now is the perfect time to sign up to be part of it... Keep reading
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A method to your messages
Mixing old and new technologies
to reach the most supporters
With all the channels of communication available today, it can be difficult to decide which will be most effective for your shelter’s needs. Should you produce a print newsletter, a digital newsletter or both? Should you write a daily blog, or would that effort be better spent on Facebook and...
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Trainings & Events
Be a part of the future of sheltering
What is the future of sheltering? It’s an exciting question and there are so many facets to it, including shelter design, technology, transport programs and so much more. This year at Animal Care Expo we have an entire track dedicated to the future of sheltering. Check out what Expo has to offer and then join us and help shape the future of our movement. » Register now
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Hope for the hardest cases
They’re enough to break your heart, those dogs who cower nonstop in the back of their kennel or gator roll with the slightest pressure of a leash. Or perhaps they snarl or pancake to the ground when approached. Experienced animal welfare people know these behaviors are often signs of past abuse or neglect. Some dogs are so unsocialized that they snap at or shrink from human touch. Keep reading
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Transporting to the future
“Is it true y’all don’t have puppies in the North?”
Ten years ago, in a small, tidy shelter in one of the poorest areas of Mississippi, that was one of the first questions I heard. I was in Mississippi working on a project to assess the severity of the overpopulation issue, helping develop effective spay/neuter messaging and provide hands-up help in training, networking and some funds working on a project launched in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Keep reading
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Photo credits: dog in bedroom by Aleks Sennwald; Kitty Block by Dario Ayala/AP Images for HSI; woman holding cat by Casey Nicholson/Second Chance Animal Shelter; pet jet by Willie Allen Jr./AP Images for The HSUS; dog behind bars by Meredith Lee/The HSUS; transport van by St. Hubert's Animal Welfare Center
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