pet'stores can be great supporters?don'ting supplies and hosting adoption events?or they can be adversaries who add to pet overpopulation with animals sourced from large-scale breeding mills.
Resources and Articles
From the Magazine
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May 1, 2012
Mouthpieces: Adopters Are Our Heroes
This installment of Mouthpieces celebrates adopters as superheroes and assures new pet parents that you will be there to support them as they and their pet adjust to life together.
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March 1, 2012
Mouthpieces: Are You Sure About This?
This edition of Mouthpieces offers support and solutions to people considering giving up their pet due to a variety of difficult circumstances.
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January 1, 2012
Mouthpieces: Baby, It's Cold Outside
This reproducible piece provides tips on how to keep pets safe and warm in cold weather.
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September 1, 2011
The "101" Department: Start Spreading the News
Pets for Life NYC, an animal surrender prevention program, seeks to give people the advice and services they need before they relinquish their pets to shelters. Find out how to create a similar pet safety net in your community.
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July 1, 2010
Collars and Sense
It's often said in the sheltering field that a collar and identification tag are a lost pet's best chance of returning home. That's especially true for felines: Only 2 to 5 percent of the millions of homeless cats entering shelters each year are reunited with their families.
Policies
Programs
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Pets for Life
The HSUS Pets for Life program has one very ambitious goal: to keep pets and their people together. Pets for Life recognizes that one of the greatest threats to pets is a lack of understanding on the part of caregivers along with a lack of awareness of available resources.
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Pets for Life
The HSUS Pets for Life program has one very ambitious goal: to keep pets and their people together. Pets for Life recognizes that one of the greatest threats to pets is a lack of understanding on the part of caregivers along with a lack of awareness of available resources.
More
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Humane Career Toolbox
Humane Society University's Humane Career Toolbox will be of interest to people of all ages who seek to professionally assist animals. The toolbox contains resources for both beginning and enhancing a career helping animals.
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