Best Friends Animal Society

Home is more than four walls and a roof 🏡 It is a place where we should feel safe and loved 🧡 Everyone deserves a home — and that includes pets in shelters 😸🐶    Shelter and rescue workers like you are working hard to find homes for every pet, but the reality is that today, not every dog and cat gets to experience the love and comfort of home. 💔     All we need is just 6% more people to choose to adopt versus purchase their pets to close the national lifesaving gap and #SaveThemAll! 🧡   Help us #BringLoveHome for pets across our nation - share and get your community involved in lifesaving! 🧡🐾 Visit bestfriends.org/home to learn more.

Did you know part 2 of the Best Friends 2023 National Data Report can give you animal shelters and rescues lifesaving recommendations based on your specific 2022 and 2023 save rates? Here's a quick look at how it works for one of three categories: shelters with a 2023 save rate of between 80-89%. Access the full report here: https://lnkd.in/gtqVHrpU Want to stay tuned into your data for decision making year-round? Sign up for SPDA: https://lnkd.in/gGjmpAPz

Us - a team? The answer is YES! ❤️💛 We teamed up with Deadpool, Wolverine, and Dogpool to help shelter pets make their super hero landings in loving homes! Catch Marvel Studios #DeadpoolAndWolverine in theaters July 26 🐾

Are you at the Best Friends National Conference in Orlando? If so, stop by the Best Friends Network booth at 101E/101G during Hub hours to learn how to become eligible for a grant opportunity of up to $10,000, demos of our data comparison tool, and consults on how the Best Friends Network can help you meet your goals!

Tamsen Kingry, CEO of the Richmond SPCA, remembers the exact moment she questioned everything she thought she knew about who makes a good adopter. It was during a staff training session about open adoptions. "I will never forget that the facilitator asked the room to stand up, then she proceeded to ask us a series of questions: ✅ 'If you've ever lived in an apartment where you weren't permitted to have a pet, but you did, sit down.' ✅ 'If you've ever had a pet who had not been kept up to date on vaccinations, sit down.' The facilitator needed to ask three questions before the entire room was seated, and of course these were animal welfare professionals, and there wasn't a single one of us that were still standing. It was at that precise moment that we all looked at each other and said, 'If we would not adopt to ourselves, then who is it that we think we're adopting to?'" Need to take a look at what barriers you might have in the way of potential adopters saving lives? Check out this Client Service & Barrier-Free Adoptions training module: https://lnkd.in/e8vCnbqM

Did you know part 2 of the Best Friends 2023 National Data Report can give you custom lifesaving recommendations based on your specific 2022 and 2023 save rates? Here's a quick look at how it works for one of three categories: shelters with a 2023 save rate of below 80%.   Stay tuned in the coming days for the other lifesaving categories, and access the full report here: https://lnkd.in/gtqVHrpU   Want to stay tuned into your data for decision making year-round? Sign up for SPDA: https://lnkd.in/gGjmpAPz

Congratulations to all of the organizations who achieved a 90% save rate in 2023! We are so proud and grateful for your hard work saving the lives of dogs and cats in your community. 🧡 🐾 If you aren't a network partner yet, we would love to support you in your lifesaving work through free resources, support, and peer-to-peer connection. Become a network partner: https://lnkd.in/e9KawYwB

Have you checked out the Best Friends 2023 National Data Report yet? We designed it especially with our shelter and rescue partners in mind to help you make informed planning and strategic decisions. Not sure how to use this comprehensive report? Here's how to get started. Dive in now: https://lnkd.in/gtqVHrpU

Un hogar es más que cuatro paredes y un techo 🏡 Es un espacio donde nos sentimos amados y seguros 🧡 Cada mascota merece un hogar – incluyendo a las mascotas de los albergues 😸 🐶 El personal de los albergues y rescates, como tu están trabajando arduamente para encontrar un hogar para cada mascota, pero la realidad es que hoy en día, no todos los perros y gatos pueden experimentar el amor y la comodidad de un hogar 💔 Si tan solo 6% de estas personas decidieran adoptar en vez de comprar a sus mascotas podríamos detener el sacrificio de mascotas en los albergues de este país 🧡 #TraeAmorACasa y ayúdanos compartiendo e invitando a tu comunidad a salvar las vidas de las mascotas sin hogar! 🧡 🐾 Visita SalvaUnaMascota.org/Casa para aprender más.