Top 9 Ways to Celebrate National Pet Month
This May, celebrate National Pet Month by showering your animal companion with extra love, treats, adventures, and good deeds! Here are nine ideas to get you started. May is National Pet Month, the annual celebration that recognizes the joy that animal companions bring to people’s lives, promotes responsible pet parenthood, and encourages adoption from shelters and rescues. Animal shelters, pet stores, and veterinary clinics often hold special events, but if you can’t make it to any local celebrations, there are plenty of ways you...
Lyon College School of Veterinary Medicine to partner with Cabot Animal Services Center
Cabot Animal Services Center and the Lyon College School of Veterinary Medicine announced an exciting partnership last week that will benefit the community and students alike. The veterinary school will reside on a newly formed multi-acre campus in Cabot, Arkansas will be located adjacent to the planned Cabot Animal Services Center. “As a veterinarian devoted to this profession and veterinary dean, I find Arkansas’ enthusiasm for the new veterinary school truly heartwarming,” said Dr. Eleanor Green, founding dean of the Lyon...
Maddie’s Weekly Roundup: Back Where They Belong Summit recordings, Community Conversations and more!
Happy Monday! Below is a brief roundup of resources added over the past week. Reduce crowding and get more animals back home where they belongDid you know that by getting just 20% more stray dogs back home, we can end unnecessary shelter euthanasia and have enough homes for every dog who needs one? Earlier this year, the Back Where they Belong Summit addressed these issues and more. And now, your colleagues’ best strategies, toolkits, and talking points for getting dogs and cats… Learn More Check out these helpful posts on...
It’s Gonna Be May Austin-Area Adoption Event
May 09, 2024 It’s “tearin’ up our hearts” to see so many pets waiting to find a family of their very own all across the Austin area! So, in honor of Justin Timberlake’s unofficial “It’s Gonna Be May” month, Austin area shelters are working together to get pets into loving homes — “no strings attached.” Join us May 20th-27th to meet all of the pets vying to win your heart and who “just wanna be with you!” Each shelter has unique needs and populations so each of our...
2 Ways Streaming Services Fail Animal-Loving Families
Families and animal lovers have had a tough time finding things to watch because the streaming services available just didn’t have enough family-friendly content about animals. Until buddi, that is! Most Americans spend so much time scrolling that there’s never enough time to watch anything. And the more specific you are about what you want to see, the less likely you’ll find something to watch. But what if there was a streaming service dedicated solely to the type of content you want? buddi is the new kid on the block, and...
Reduce crowding and get more animals back home where they belong
Did you know that by getting just 20% more stray dogs back home, we can end unnecessary shelter euthanasia and have enough homes for every dog who needs one? Earlier this year, the Back Where they Belong Summit addressed these issues and more. And now, your colleagues’ best strategies, toolkits, and talking points for getting dogs and cats home faster and easier are available on-demand, for free. Access resources and short, solution-focused sessions from the Back Where They Belong Summit with Nina Stively, Cole Wakefield,...
What to Expect When Expecting (Bottle Baby) Kittens
May 08, 2024 Neonatal kittens. Bottle Babies. Teeny, not yet weaned. However you describe them, whatever you call them, kittens who depend on humans to make it through their first several weeks of life are some of the cutest souls you will encounter and also some of the most vulnerable. The Austin Pets Alive! Neonatal Kitten Nursery is the first of its kind and since its inception in 2008, has taken in thousands of kittens with an average 90% save rate. This work can’t be done without the support of neonatal kitten fosters. Because...
A New Model for Pet Intake
Understanding the true reasons for pets entering today’s shelter Roughly eight million cats and dogs entered animal shelters in the U.S. in 2023, according to Shelter Animals Count–and the numbers don’t show much sign of slowing. Since the inception of Human Animal Support Services (HASS), we’re aiming for a better understanding of the downstream effect human hardships have on overcrowded animal shelters. It’s no secret that people are struggling and when people struggle, so do their pets, which are found in 66%...
Check out these helpful posts on Maddie’s Pet Forum
Spring has sprung and the activity is blooming on Maddie’s® Pet Forum! We rounded up several recent posts that you may find useful or may want to contribute to. Happy reading! Trap-neuter-return (TNR) kitsOne organization shares that they’re putting together “TNR Kits” for their TNR applicants. Has your organization tried this and had success or advice? Can you think of anything else that might be essential for trapping in addition to their list? Add your advice From south to northAnother...
Take Off! — APA! Transport Hub’s Inaugural Transport
May 06, 2024 Transporting pets from Texas to shelters across the country, even as far as Canada, isn’t a new process for APA!.. We’ve done it hundreds of times at this point, with our Transport Program beginning out of desperation to save pets across Texas during Winter Storm Uri in January of 2021. Whether by air or by road, our team has worked with many partner shelters both in Texas and throughout the U.S. to save dogs and cats who otherwise wouldn’t have made it out of the shelter system alive. The latest milestone for...
