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Keeping Pets in Homes/Habitats Videos
Want to see your shelter's intake drop and save rate skyrocket? Stop admitting community cats into your program. Learn from the experts how to use TNR and other community-based initiatives to find lifesaving alternatives for community cats.
Video: Keeping Community Cats Out of Shelters
August 2012
While innovative strategies are saving lives across the country, euthanasia rates for stray and feral cats remain stubbornly high in many communities. This presentation will explore the magnitude of the community cat population problem and redefine definitions for "home" and "rescue". Read More
Expanding Lifesaving in Spite of Slashed Budgets
March 2012
The economic crisis in America has forced animal shelters to look at options they might not have considered in the past. In this provocative video, Maddie's Fund president Rich Avanzino asks "What if?" animal control agencies were to no longer take community cats or owner surrenders if they are at capacity - an idea that if carried out, could radically save lives. Read More
Providing for Community Cats
May 2010
It has been estimated that there may be as many as 40 million feral and free-roaming cats in the United States. Find out how shelters can help protect those cats and reduce the strain on a shelter's housing and resources at the same time. Read More