Thinking outside the box is what coalition building is all about. Creative shelter leaders have worked with some surprising groups to help homeless animals, but their amazing results are anything but surprising! It just goes to show you that when you set aside differences and work together, wishes really do come true.
Resources and Articles
From the Magazine
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March 1, 2012
Helping Animals Find a New Place in the Sun
Find out how a Florida shelter strives to help as many animals as it can through its emergency relief, spay/neuter, and feral cat programs.
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March 1, 2012
Saving an Erie Number of Cats
Despite being located in one of the nation’s poorer regions, animal welfare organizations in Erie County, N. Y., have managed for the last several years to avoid euthanizing any healthy, adoptable felines. How are they doing it?
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September 1, 2011
Coffee Break: Your Most Successful Collaboration
In your space, you tell us about the most successful collaboration your shelter or rescue group has ever been a part of???everything from a major, multi-organization cockfighting bust to an award-winning humane education program.
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September 1, 2011
To the Rescue: Their Aim is True
Volunteers and veterinarians pull together to save a cat who was badly wounded by an arrow in an apparent case of animal cruelty in Florida.
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July 1, 2011
To the Rescue: Lions and Tigers and Rotties—Oh, My!
A major rescue operation in Texas removes more than 300 animals (from puppies to mountain lions) and finds them homes.
Policies
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February 27, 2012
Humane Discourse and Conduct within Animal Welfare
The pledge to promote humane discourse and conduct in our field.
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May 7, 2012
Asilomar Accords
A job worth doing is worth doing together. That's the basic idea of a groundbreaking new document designed to impact communities and animals around the country. The Asilomar Accords symbolizes the end of suspicion and distrust between animal care and control organizations and sets forth a new agenda -- one of collaboration.
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