The Pets for Life Community Outreach Toolkit is a resource produced through a collaborative effort between PetSmart Charities® and The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS). 
This step-by-step manual will guide animal care service providers and other social welfare advocates through the development and implementation of a pioneering outreach program.

Boise Bully Breed Rescue's Volunteers for Transport program enlists people in the community willing to drive pit-bull mix dogs from an animal shelter to boarding facilities or foster homes in a five-state area.

This two-part action kit created by Best Friends Animal Society® as part of a grant from PetSmart Charities® describes two ways to help pit-bull-terrier type dogs in your community.

Virginia Beach SPCA's Foster-Lite for Community Service program addressed several challenges for the agency, from expanding their foster care program and saving the lives of more kittens to addressing community hours for young people.

This presentation is designed to help shelters, rescues, and advocates better serve the pit bull dogs in their community and increase adoptions.

This webinar will show how the different animal agencies in Hillsborough County, Florida, started to work together in a unique collaboration to save more animals lives in their community and reduce the euthanasia rate by more than 50% over a five year period.

Learn how grassroots efforts and partnerships in the community helped this small animal welfare organization get started serving a population in extreme need during the middle of a deep recession.

Stategies, requirements, and tips for starting a volunteer feline foster program for a shelter-based organization.

Both agencies utilize volunteer teams to care for – and advocate for – specific breeds or types of pets.

Strategies and processes which helped Nevada Humane Society increase pet adoptions by 60% over the previous year and continue to increase today.

Eliminate post-adoption sterilization contracts by spaying and neutering prior to adopition. Session address common concerns, including working with your local veterinarians.

Examples of programs reducing cat euthanasia through agency partnerships for creative solutions to free-roaming cats at municipal shelters and adoption challenges.

Tips for effective pet descriptions, photos, and writeups for web listings and kennel cards.

Taking photos of shelter pets is a challenge, indeed. And so is finding capable photographers with top-notch equipment who not only care about pets, but also know how to handle them safely and humanely – and, who have the time and patience to capture the best and most inviting photos of pets who need homes.