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Materials available through ASPCA National Shelter Outreach:

Mission Possible--Comfy Cats:

How to Create a Feline Behavioral Enrichment Program in Your Shelter

See your shelter through a cat's eyes and review what makes cats comfortable. Includes interpreting body language, temperament testing, creating social, environmental and behavioral enrichment, and cat handling training for staff and volunteers. 50+ pages. $15.


email: outreach@aspca.org


Free Literature Packet! Great for Handouts!


New and Improved Literature Available FREE to Shelters!! Order your shelter's copy today! 42 pages full of informative and reproducible materials for adopters.

e-mail: outreach@aspca.org



NEW Special Offer - Shelter Resources CD!
The CD Shelter Resources, is available for only $5.00. The CD includes the Free Literature Packet plus additional pet care information such as: Colorful Companion Lines Behavior Series, Pet Poison Prevention, Humane Education Materials ...and more!

e-mail: outreach@aspca.org



Meet Your Match Canine-ality Adoption Program Guide
So, you’re already doing temperament testing and you’ve seen how much it helps you know each dog better. Ready to take your adoptions to the next level? Want to make a visit to your shelter more engaging and educational? Looking for a cool way to match the personalities of your dogs with those of your adopters? Try Meet Your Match Canine-ality Profiles Guide!
Created by Emily Weiss, PhD in conjunction with the Kansas Humane Society

The guide is available for $20 (including shipping and handling) and can be ordered through:

outreach@aspca.org.



Click here to download this brochure listing all workshops and training opportunities National Shelter Outreach offers. Great programs geared towards Animal Protection Organizations!

Topics include: Community Outreach, Shelter Operations, Cruelty Investigations, Marketing/Fundraising and Management.



KEYS TO A GREAT SHELTER
Whether you are thinking about starting your own humane organization or just want to improve an existing organization, this definitive guide is chock full of guidelines, forms and resources to help you every step of the way.

Keys to a Great Shelter, A Guide to Starting and Improving a Humane Organization may be ordered for $30.

e-mail: outreach@aspca.org



101 GREAT SHELTER IDEAS
AHA and the ASPCA are proud to offer "101 Great Shelter Ideas and 101 More Great Shelter Ideas," including easy-to-implement, successful ideas on topics like:Adoptions, Humane
Education, Fundraising, and many others.

For only $15 for one or $25 for both (plus shipping and handling), these helpful guides can be yours.

email: outreach@aspca.org.

Get 101 Great Shelter Ideas for free!
Click here to dowload the entire booklet free of charge.

Or, get 101 More Great Shelter Ideas for free!
Click here to dowload the entire booklet free of charge.

"Making Plans to Make a Difference" (Business Planning for Shelters, to Inspire, Mobilize and Sustain Change). This incredible resource was written by Bert Troughton and Caryn Ginsburg.


The guide is available for $20 to shelters and individuals and can be ordered through: outreach@aspca.org

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Web Site Basics

Even the smallest rescue needs a Web site these days. A site will reach more people than you could ever hope to reach otherwise. It is the simplest way to let the world know about the work you're doing, what you stand for, and most important, what pets you have available for adoption. It can be and, for your purposes, it should be a very inexpensive tool.

If you don't know how to make a Web site, you have two choices - you can learn, or you can turn the task over to someone else. Read more...