Helping Pets

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It's time for Summer Pet Safety

We have tips, infographics, articles and galleries to help you keep pets safe this summer. Start exploring and sharing today!

Helping Pets

Help Pets in Texas and Oklahoma Now!

Hundreds of people have been displaced by deadly tornadoes in Texas and Oklahoma. Help animal shelters there make sure their pets don't suffer!

I am a Cat Parent

Help Us Prove Everyone Can Love a Cat

We're bringing cats and cat parents into the spotlight to show us for what we are – real, funny, down-to-earth, inventive and diverse. Help us get more cats adopted by proclaiming, "I am a cat parent" today!

Fostering Cats

20 Questions to Ask Before You Foster a Cat

For the experience to turn out well for the foster parent and the rescue organization (and, most of all, the cat), it's crucial that all parties communicate and be clear about their expectations and responsibilities.

Fostering Dogs

20 Questions to Ask Before You Foster A Dog

Here are some questions to ask the rescue group or shelter before you sign up to foster (the group will most likely have you fill out a foster-home application as well). Don't be alarmed if the group doesn't have answers to all the questions you ask. Each organization has its own procedures.

Promoting Adoptable Pets

Petfinder Pet List Scroller for Facebook Pages

There’s a new, super-easy way to show off adoptable pets on your organization’s Facebook page....

Petfinder Foundation

The Petfinder Foundation

Check out how the Petfinder Foundation helps pets!

Petfinder Shelters and Rescue Groups

Find a shelter or rescue organization!

Check out the amazing shelter and rescue organizations on Petfinder!

Information On Helping Pets

Seven Surprising Ways to Donate to Your Local Shelter

Don't have cash, but want to help homeless pets? Find out seven unexpected ways you can donate to...

Puppy Mills

Puppy Mills

A puppy mill is a breeding facility that mass-produces puppies...

Feral Cats

Feral Cat Care and TNR: A Beginner's Guide

Feral cats have different needs than the cuddly cats and kittens hoping to find homes here on...

Animals And Disaster Relief

Helping Pets in Danger After Disasters

Whenever disaster strikes, shelters and rescue groups work to get local families' pets and the...

Animal Cruelty

Animal Cruelty and Human Violence - The Connection

Animal cruelty and human violence seem to have a direct connection. Learn about the connections...

Careers With Pets

Careers in Animal Behavior - Resources

Trainers, canine trainers, applied animal behaviorists and veterinary behaviorists are all careers...

Fostering Cats

What Is Fostering a Cat?

When you foster, you agree to take a homeless cat into your home and give him or her love, care and...

Fostering Dogs

Before You Foster

Fostering a pet is a great way to help out animals and shelters. Before you foster, ask yourself...

Volunteering With Dogs

How Photography Can Save Pets' Lives

The easiest way to show off a pet's personality is with a great photo. That's why one of the best...

Volunteering With Shelters & Rescues

Your Local Shelter Wants You!

You don't have to be an animal expert to help out at your community's shelter. You just need...

Starting A Pet-Adoption Organization

Want to Start an Animal Shelter?

Running an animal shelter takes management experience, accounting skills, contacts and the ability...

Volunteering With Cats

Volunteering With Cats

Help adoptable cats put their best paw forward! ·