How many times have you thought “There ought to be a law!” when thinking about animal welfare and sheltering? Some of animal welfare’s top leaders in legislative approaches, lobbying, and the political process will be speaking at the Michigan Pet … Continue reading →

Can animal shelters in Michigan really save all their healthy and treatable pets? Yes, say these shelter directors who are in the trenches doing it! Shelter directors from open-admission public and private shelters in Michigan and Minnesota will be sharing … Continue reading →

Most people might think shelter medicine is mostly about spay/neuter, but a group of progressive veterinarians are changing paradigms all over the United States as they develop innovative, data-driven strategies for helping homeless pets. The Michigan Pet Fund Alliance is … Continue reading →

The more people who learn how to save the lives of all Michigan’s healthy and treatable homeless pets, the faster we’ll reach the goal of saving them all. That’s why we maintain a scholarship fund to cover registration fees for … Continue reading →

All too often in the animal welfare movement, we forget that pets and people are a package deal. Six activists dedicated to helping pets by helping people will be speaking at the Michigan Pet Fund Alliance’s “Getting to the Goal” … Continue reading →

From the basics of the no-kill movement, to challenging beliefs about how to get pets adopted with data that might surprise you, to an overview of how communities across the United States have gone no-kill, the Michigan Pet Fund Alliance … Continue reading →