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How to take a fabulous pet profile pic

When you think about it, a photo is a pet's ticket into the hearts of their potential adoptive family. So it pays to take the time to make your pet photos really pop!   Read more...

The PEDIGREE® Adoption Drive - Pet Pages 2010

We’re sure you've heard about the PEDIGREE Adoption Drive and the success it’s had in raising awareness about the plight of rescue pets and promoting dog adoption worldwide. And simply by being a PetRescue member, your group gets to be part of it!   Read more...

The adoption experience - saving more lives through great customer service!

Common sense says that animals will benefit if adopters have good experiences when they contact a rescue group. But many in animal welfare shy away from describing their public as 'customers'. So are we really serving the pets or our public?   Read more...

How to list pets on PetRescue and get them noticed!

This guide will help you get the most out of your PetRescue listings and give you some ideas of what works, what doesn't (and why!) and how to use all PetRescue's tools to build a successful rehoming program. The topics include; how much to charge and how to write an effective pet profile.    Read more...

Pound pet listings; new rules for pound peeps

Rather than a blanket ban on pounds on the website, we've put together a standard text that will allow pound pets to be listed. From Jan 2009 anyone who's listing for a pound is required to use the following text outline in all of their pound listings.   Read more...

24 Guinea pigs surrendered

On the 7th March 2008 Australian Cavy Sanctuary received a call from a member of the public asking if they could surrender their guinea pigs to ACS. Little did they know that they would soon be receiving more than 20 guinea pigs all in need of new homes.   Read more...

Shelter test helps match cats with their perfect humans

The "Meet Your Match" program was developed by the A.S.P.C.A. In a year-long test at five clinics, they found the number of adopted cats returned to shelters dropped significantly.   Read more...

Is pet overpopulation a myth?

Nathan Winograd, former director of operations for the San Francisco SPCA has authored a book called "Redemption: The Myth of Pet Overpopulation and the No Kill Revolution in America" that challenges the very foundation of nearly every theory and principle of shelter management in this country: The idea that there are more pets dying in shelters each year than homes available for those pets.   Read more...

How to write a great pet profile

A well-written, descriptive and upbeat pet profile can often be the difference between clients feeling intimidated by the adoption process, or feeling excited and getting on the phone to arrange to meet "their" new pet. So how do you write a great pet profile that will have people leaping to adopt?    Read more...

(US) Will work for food

Alley Cat Rescue is offering an opportunity for farmers to obtain "mouse patrollers" and for feral cats to have a second chance at life.    Read more...

Adoption is the best option: sniff out a shelter near you

I think the message about spay/neuter has mostly gotten through to more educated people, but there are still many who just don't do it, particularly those in impoverished communities. They just don't understand why spaying or neutering benefits them, and benefits their animals.   Read more...

The Internet provides the right matches for people, pets

The Internet has changed pet adoptions forever - years ago, finding a dog or cat to adopt from a shelter involved jumping in the car and driving to various facilities, hoping that a pet matching your mental picture of the perfect companion just happened to be housed in the facility you were visiting.   Read more...

When a dog goes from rescued to rescuer

Cody, a handsome golden retriever from Wisconsin, was way too energetic and feisty to make a good pet for the average family. Five years later, Cody is enjoying his dream job with the National Disaster Search Dog Foundation.   Read more...

Toby Comes to Town

A simple internet-based concept could save thousands of homeless cats and dogs from "Death Row" in New Zealand's many pounds and animal shelters.   Read more...

RSPCA QLD Adoptathon

Staff and volunteers have set them selves an ambitious target. "We're going to be pulling out all stops, encouraging people thinking about buying a pet over summer to come to the RSPCA first."   Read more...

Volunteers help match shelter pets to good homes

Those animals who are not adopted will likely be euthanized, something nobody who works or volunteers at the shelters wants to see happen. "I wish I could count the number of times we burst into tears".   Read more...

Renovated shelters are the cat's meow

The surroundings are plush. There are duplexes with glass walls, funky modular furniture, brightly colored cushions and hallways lined with elegant portraits. And the residents enjoying these high-gloss digs are more than 350 homeless cats and dogs living in the newly renovated shelter.   Read more...

How the Internet is transforming the experience of pet adoptions

Because potential adopters can view photos and descriptions of dogs over the Internet, they can pre-screen them and decide which specific dogs they want to visit in person. The Internet thus has had a profound effect on the process of dog adoption.   Read more...

Cheez Whiz may be dogs best friend

Just as sugary treats turn kids on, Cheez Whiz, the thick, orange processed cheese spread may be the city's answer to igniting the inner frolic in dogs to get them adopted.   Read more...

Lucy - one lucky dog adopted cross-country

The shelter has a policy of trying to find homes for every animal it can by using every available means, including posting photos and stories of adoptable animals on the internet. Within minutes of Lucy's story being posted on the Web site with contact information for the shelter, Garrison said offers of help started coming in.   Read more...

Man's best friend fills empty nest of baby boomers

Ruth Freeman says she wanted a pet, something to care for, after her three sons, now in their 20s, left the nest. Although she and her husband Joe had previously decided against getting a dog, it wasn't long before she found herself searching for one at a rescue centre.   Read more...

Iams Home 4 the Holidays 7th annual campaign sets new record

The Iams Company and Helen Woodward Animal Center announced today that 328,777 pets are enjoying the New Year with their new families thanks to the Iams Home 4 the Holidays adoption campaign.   Read more...

Dogged determination

We are very grateful to the rescue organisations that are listing the dogs on Web sites - we have had a noticeable increase in calls for animals. In this day and age, people are sitting at their computers, surfing the net and discovering what we have available. Even people living in Valencia County are using the Internet rather than coming to the shelter.   Read more...