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AI Agents and Automations 101: Responsibly Leverage This Tech to Save More Lives

AI agents and automations can be highly effective and meaningfully change how lifesaving gets done. Now it’s your chance to see how shelters are incorporating both light ...

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Everything You Need to Know for the 2027 Rachael Ray Save Them All & The Rachael Ray No-Kill Excellence Grants

Our expert panelists will take you through the entire application process — from which grant type to submit for, the types of submissions that will be considered, and rel...

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The Best Tools You Aren’t Using: How Data Can Help You Build Stronger Transfer Networks

This webinar on transfer networks shares actionable insights into using data to build sustainable rescue relationships, navigate transport coordination, and turn informat...

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Implementing Pilot Programs: Turning Ideas into Action in Your Organization

Hear from three shelter leaders about pilot programs they launched to address critical challenges in their communities.

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Beyond the Numbers: What 2025 Shelter Data Reveals — and How to Put It to Work

Join Best Friends Animal Society for a walkthrough of the 2025 national shelter data — what changed, what it means, and how your organization can use it right now.

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There's No Place Like Home: How to Advocate for Pet Inclusive Housing

Families surrender beloved pets to shelters every day because people can’t find housing for the whole family. This is a major issue for pets, people, communities, shelter...

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From Volunteers to Change-Makers: Turning Passion into Action for Animals

Learn how to turn a traditional volunteer into a trusted advocacy partner who can help pass animal-friendly laws, support your shelter’s goals, expand capacity, build str...

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Advocacy 101: Engaging Lawmakers with Confidence

Our expert panelists will dig into how marketing efforts across social media platforms and your shelter’s website impact adoption success, and if listing pets on Adopt a ...

Father and daughter standing with their dog and holding signs advocating for no-kill

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From Kennels to Clicks: What Marketing Strategies Actually Drive Adoptions

Our expert panelists will dig into how marketing efforts across social media platforms and your shelter’s website impact adoption success, and if listing pets on Adopt a ...

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Fund Your Lifesaving: How to Apply for 2026 Rachael Ray No-Kill Excellence Grants and Rachael Ray Save Them All Grants

Our expert panelists will take you through the entire application process — from which grant type to submit for, the types of submissions that will be considered, and rel...

Black and white dog wearing orange glasses and a polka-dot bow tie, tangled in computer cables, sitting on an pink chair with a keyboard.

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Rescue Roundtable On-Demand

Rescue Roundtable was created to support rescue organizations in becoming high-volume lifesaving partners. These previously recorded sessions feature expert-led discussio...

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Bust the Bottleneck: Unlocking Flow in the Animal Care Ecosystem

Creating more efficient flows with noses in and noses out doesn’t have to be complicated or resource intensive. With a few focused practices, you can reduce length of sta...

Shelter employee carrying dog next to kennels

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Using Heat Mapping in Field Services

Use animal data mapping to solve problems and rethink our roles in field services! In this video, Scott Giacoppo, the Director of National Shelter Outreach for Best Frien...

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About the Best Friends Network

The network is a free community of 6,000 animal welfare organizations, including shelters, rescue groups, spay/neuter groups, transport groups, and other support organizations.

The Best Friends Network is your support system in your journey to save the lives of dogs and cats in your communities. Network partners gain access to exclusive challenges, grants, resources, and dedicated support.

Connect with partners across the country, access proven strategies, and collaborate to increase lifesaving nationwide.

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AI Agents and Automations 101: Responsibly Leverage This Tech to Save More Lives

Everything You Need to Know for the 2027 Rachael Ray Save Them All & The Rachael Ray No-Kill Excellence Grants

Meet the Free Tool That Calculates the True Cost of Running Your Shelter

AI for Good: Understanding How AI Can Accelerate Your Mission

New World Screwworm: What Animal Shelters Need to Know

The Best Tools You Aren’t Using: How Data Can Help You Build Stronger Transfer Networks

Implementing Pilot Programs: Turning Ideas into Action in Your Organization

Beyond the Numbers: What 2025 Shelter Data Reveals — and How to Put It to Work

There's No Place Like Home: How to Advocate for Pet Inclusive Housing

From Volunteers to Change-Makers: Turning Passion into Action for Animals

Advocacy 101: Engaging Lawmakers with Confidence

From Kennels to Clicks: What Marketing Strategies Actually Drive Adoptions

Fund Your Lifesaving: How to Apply for 2026 Rachael Ray No-Kill Excellence Grants and Rachael Ray Save Them All Grants

Rescue Roundtable On-Demand

Bust the Bottleneck: Unlocking Flow in the Animal Care Ecosystem

Using Heat Mapping in Field Services

About the Best Friends Network

The network is a free community of 6,000 animal welfare organizations, including shelters, rescue groups, spay/neuter groups, transport groups, and other support organizations.

Meet the team

Let’s be friends!