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Shelter Best Practices

If you are beginning, improving or evolving a shelter, reach out to us. Over the years, we have had the honor of working with the best minds in the field and the great gift of beginning without being tied to “the way it’s always been done.”

From architecture to cat litter, we are happy to share what we’ve learned.

Would you like a speaker or a workshop? Let us know.

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January 15, 2019

Community Cats: Discover the truth about the vacuum effect

Organizations like Alley Cat Allies and Friends For Life have long been proponents of TNR (trap-neuter-return) efforts. Friends For Life does this in

Category iconShelter Best Practices Tag iconcat,  community cats,  feral,  fix houston,  trap-neuter-return

January 9, 2019

The No Kill Advocate’s “Feral Cat Edition”

In this issue of “The No Kill Advocate” (Issue #6 2008), the No Kill Advocacy Center details: The Wild Life of Feral Cats – The humane movement

Category iconShelter Best Practices Tag iconcat,  community cats,  feral,  trap-neuter-return

January 2, 2019

Fostering Rescue Dogs

As a No Kill shelter, Friends For Life relies on our dog fosters to provide a safe, loving space for the dogs in our program who are looking for their

Category iconShelter Best Practices Tag icondog,  puppy

baby kitten

December 27, 2018

Hand Raising Orphaned Kittens

Kathleen M. Gallagher put together this manual on how to care for orphaned kittens: “in celebration of the hundreds of orphan kittens that I have

Category iconShelter Best Practices

September 8, 2017

Harvey Response

On Sunday, August 27, while the storm was still raging and waters were still rising, we were asked to manage the care for animals arriving with

Category iconDisaster Preparation & Emergency Care,  Shelter Best Practices Tag iconcommunity,  evacuation

cat kennel

July 12, 2013

Healthy Pets, Healthy Streets

Since 2013, Friends For Life and BARC have partnered with Houston low-cost clinics SNAP and Emancipet to provide free spay/neuter surgeries and

Category iconShelter Best Practices,  Wellness Tag iconcommunity,  community cats,  trap-neuter-return,  wellness

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