Best Friends Animal Society

LAST DAY! Catch up on your data for a $3,000 grant opportunity! Is your organization missing data in Shelter Pet Data Alliance? Time to update it! If you are a network partner and your monthly SPDA data is current for 2023 through April 2024, you'll be eligible for a $3,000 grant to aid you in your lifesaving work. Submit your data TODAY, May 13, by 11:59pm ET to be considered. You still have time to get caught up - enter your data here: https://lnkd.in/gGjmpAPz Not a network partner yet? Be eligible for the next grant opportunity by signing up today: https://lnkd.in/e9KawYwB

If you care for pets on a stray hold, pre-adoption helps you make sure you're not missing out on interested adopters during the holding period. You might assume that only small, highly desirable dogs get pre-adopted, and they do! But Memphis Animal Services started pre-adoptions in 2019 and found that most of the dogs getting pre-adopted were actually medium dogs over 6 months old - the exact population most in need at their shelter. Are you interested in starting pre-adoptions at your org? Here's a step-by-step how-to for getting started!

Community cats take the spotlight today in Andrea Sachs' The Washington Post article about a community cat named Kitty Snows who has divided a D.C. neighborhood. Best Friends' Chief Mission Officer Holly Sizemore offered some insight. "Community cats can be divisive," says Sizemore. "Many people see an animal living outside and their hero impulse kicks in. They want to rescue it from the cruel streets and pamper it. But community cat programs — which trap, neuter and release — are helping curtail the world’s overwhelmingly large feral cat population." Read the article: https://lnkd.in/eC6RkRtu Want to learn more about community cat programming? Check out this handbook: https://lnkd.in/eaQ4qTDd

🔊 Oklahoma Tornado Relief: Dog & Cat Transport/Transfer Support Needed 🔊 Northern Oklahoma sustained major damage from a devastating tornado on May 6, impacting several small shelters and rescues. The Washington County SPCA is working to assist smaller organizations in the region. To do so, they need to transport or transfer out their adoptable dogs and cats to make room for pets impacted by the tornadoes. Washington County SPCA... ✅ has a transport vehicle (this may be limited) ✅ can provide an emergency health certificate ✅ vaccinates on intake If your organization can help by taking in pets from WCPSCA, please fill out this form: https://lnkd.in/gDs6XrSK Filling out the form above will enable a quick and efficient triage of everyone's requests and requirements, but you can also view their available dogs and cats here: https://lnkd.in/gX-mQPpK

There are so many reasons to practice open adoptions, and Heather Owen from One Tail at a Time does a great job explaining WHY this way of operating is so important to their lifesaving work. Register for Place More Pets with These Easy Changes, happening live tomorrow, May 8 at 4pm ET, to hear more from all of our expert panelists, including: 📌 Heather Owen, Executive Director and Co-Founder of One Tail at a Time 📌 Lawrence Nicolas, President of Jacksonville Humane Society 📌 Misha C. Goodman-Herbst, Animal Care Services Director of Bernalillo County Animal Care and Resource Center 📌 Dawn Binion-Stewart, M.S., Director of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB) for Best Friends Animal Society 📌 Our moderator, Tawny Hammond, MIS, Director of No Kill Advancement for Best Friends Animal Society Attendees will gain insights into welcoming your entire community to adopt and foster, whether you're a rescue or a municipal or private shelter. Register and join live Wednesday: bit.ly/3UnJzic

Have you checked out the sessions for the 2024 Best Friends National Conference yet? Here are a few we're really looking forward to: 🎯 Cultura Positiva: Engaging the Spanish-Speaking Community | Jose Merino from Pima County & Michele Figueroa from Pima Animal Care Center 🎯 It's A Match! The Data-Driven Guide to Pet Adoption Marketing | April Huntsman, CAWA from Adopt-a-Pet.com 🎯 Noncompliant Doesn't Mean Defiant | Alexander Caldwell from Best Friends Animal Society 🎯 What You Say and How You Say It Can Save Lives | Alisha Vianello from Gateway Pet Guardians & David Hatch from Southern Utah University 🎯 Risk-Taking Lifesaving | Kim Brown, CAWA from Animal Protective Association of Missouri You've still got some time to grab the special discounted price of only $295 before it increases to $395 on May 11. Register today: https://lnkd.in/gcDF6y3E

We know how hard you're working to save the lives of homeless pets in your community. Sometimes, it's helpful to go back to the basics, like making it as easy as possible for people to adopt from or foster with you! Our next webinar, Place More Pets Now with These Easy Changes, will be a live Q&A discussion on open adoptions and fostering, featuring: 📌 Heather Owen, Executive Director & Co-Founder of One Tail at a Time 📌 Lawrence Nicolas, President of Jacksonville Humane Society 📌 misha Goodman, Animal Care Services Director of Bernalillo County Animal Care Services 📌 Dawn Binion-Stewart, M.S., Director of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB) for Best Friends Animal Society Tawny Hammond, MIS, Director of No Kill Advancement for Best Friends Animal Society, will moderate. This webinar will equip you with tangible advice for welcoming your entire community to adopt and foster, whether you're a rescue or a municipal or private shelter. Register and join live on May 8 at 4pm ET: bit.ly/3UnJzic

Ready to increase lifesaving impact for the dogs in your care? The Dog Lifesaving Course is easy to follow with clear outlines and engaging content like videos and exercises. Plus, you'll complete documents and assignments to help you put your new skills to the test. In the Dog Lifesaving Course, you'll complete a pilot programming action plan assignment, so if you've always wanted to pilot a new program at your organization, you can learn how! Walk away from the course equipped with simple steps to save more dogs in your organization. Class begins May 13th and is offered in collaboration with @SUU_Community. Learn more at bfas.org/DLC.    #DogLifesaving #LearningLivesForever  

It’s National Adopt A Shelter Pet Day! Today is a day to celebrate the shelter pets you dedicate your lives to saving 🧡   Approximately 7 million homes in America plan to add a pet to their family this year. According to 2023 data collected by Best Friends, if just 6% more chose to adopt, we would close the lifesaving gap and save every at-risk pet in our nation's shelters.   But we have to welcome them in with open, inclusive adoption practices, or we risk them turning to other sources for their family pets. Learn more about removing common obstacles to adoption here: https://lnkd.in/ejWWz4zJ

The Brownsville Animal Regulation and Care Center (BARCC) in Texas saved 90% of the pets in their care for the first time ever in March 👏👏👏  That's an even more remarkable milestone when you consider that last March, their save rate was 37%. So how did they gain all that ground in a single year?   The BARCC team collaborated with Taylor Lefebvre from the Best Friends Embed Team to implement a number of changes, and one of those was removing roadblocks to adoption.   To start, they cut their four page adoption application down to only one page of absolutely necessary questions. Next they asked themselves why, in their border town with thousands of people crossing for work every day, they didn't allow adoptions to Mexican citizens. There was no real reason, so now BARCC does allow adoptions to Mexico. The lives saved from these changes (and more!) speak for themselves!   Learn more about how to try this out at your organization: https://lnkd.in/ejWWz4zJ