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The Behavior Department: Burning Out on Behavior
While shelter work can provide trainers great personal satisfaction and a sense of purpose, it can also be a huge source of stress.  More...
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Support Your Local Euthanasia Technician
A recent study gathers stress-reduction ideas from those in the most difficult jobs. More...
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Take This Job and … Improve It
A recent study examines the effects of euthanasia and human resource practices on employee turnover in animal shelters. More...
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Coffee Break: Does Your Job Follow You Everywhere?
In your space, you talk about how your phone is practically glued to your ear and how your job even follows you on vacation. More...
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Judgment Calls
Interactions between the adoption counselor and the potential adopter are always charged with uncertainty. We present essays from both sides of the counter. More...
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Coffee Break: How Do You Cope with Burnout?
When your work becomes overwhelming and you start to burn out, how do you regain a positive attitude and find the strength to continue? That’s the question we asked, and you responded with all sorts of mood-improving methods—from seeing friends to reading a good book to spending time with animals. More...
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Book Review: Compassion Fatigue in the Animal-Care Community
Two experts in the field provide an extensive rundown of the problem of compassion fatigue in animal shelters. More...
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Assessing Stress: Animal Workers and the Emotional Toll of Euthanasia
A recent study explores euthanasia-related stress, including the variables that enable certain people to remain in the field for years while others burn out quickly. More...
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What’s the Diagnosis?
New evaluation program aims to help shelters improve staff retention and morale. More...
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A Little Give and Talk
Animal protection work can be stressful, but the daily routine is just the beginning. When going home is no longer relaxing and social events start to feel like emotional minefields, you need to find effective ways to discuss your work with the people you care about. Learn how to find support, develop coping mechanisms, articulate why your job is important to you, and even entice friends and family into championing the cause. More...
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Slowing the Revolving Door: Strategies for Improving Staff Retention, Part 2
This second of two articles on staff retention investigates the benefits of ensuring a support network for staff and the importance of providing training and opportunities for advancement. More...
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When the Wick is Short
The HSUS's Martha C. Armstrong offers her perspective on the problem of burnout in the field of animal protection. More...
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What Helps People Cope?
A new study investigates the ups and downs of euthanasia work in animal shelters. More...
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ShelterSpeak: Motivating Staff and Preventing Burnout
Members of The HSUS's National Companion Animal Advisory Group discuss how they keep their staff motivated and prevent burnout. More...
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When Compassion Is in Crisis
A psychologist and a counselor pair up to offer a traveling workshop that addresses the phenomenon of compassion fatigue and burnout. More...
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What a Difference a Little Color Makes
With a few cans of paint and a lot of self-expression, a Michigan shelter transforms its euthanasia room. More...
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The Four Phases
A consultant and former shelter director explains the four phases of our emotional responses to sheltering work—and helps us understand how going through the phases makes us better activists and better people. More...
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The Loneliest Victim
Many wonderful people open their homes to the victimized pets made famous by media reports, but close their hearts to the other animals in the shelter. More...
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When Stress Turns Into Distress
If you're struggling to cope with the stress of shelter work, here are some ways to make sure your job doesn't take over your life. More...
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What About the Animals Who Don't Make the Headlines?
Paulette Dean reminds the public that the shelter animals who make headlines aren't the only ones who need and deserve loving, responsible homes. More...
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Pet of the Week
Mary Boerner-Block tells the story of a blind and deaf collie who came into her shelter, stole her heart, and became "pet of the week." More...
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