Collaboration

Maddie's Fund believes that saving all healthy and treatable shelter dogs and cats community-wide requires the collaboration of animal control, traditional shelters and adoption guarantee organizations. View a pdf version of the Maddie's Fund PowerPoint presentation detailing the power and shared benefits of collaboration.

Coalition Building

• Building a Successful Coalition

  2001
  Gregory Castle of Best Friends Animal Society pulled together a statewide coalition of animal welfare organizations in 2000. Here are his 12 cardinal rules of collaboration.  Read More

• Coalitions Take Animal Welfare Groups to the Next Level: How the Metroplex Animal Coalition Is Doing It

  2001
  If animal welfare groups keep doing things the same old way, they'll get the same old result. Coalitions can provide new leadership, new approaches and new visibility.  Read More

• Mediation Report

  2005
  Turf wars, policy disagreements and other kinds of conflict are common among coalitions. In Gainesville, Florida, one coalition turned to mediation to ease the tensions.  Read More

• Incorporating the Community

  2001
  Bringing schools, merchants, police, social services and veterinarians on board helps build a no-kill community.  Read More

• In the Beginning: The Mayor's Alliance for NYC's Animals

  2003
  The Mayor's Alliance for NYC's Animals sprang from a mutual desire by the New York City Bar Association's Animal Law Committee, over a hundred animal welfare organizations, and the newly elected administration of Mayor Michael Bloomberg to make New York a no-kill city.  Read More

• It Takes a Community

  2001
  According to Nathan Winograd, achieving no-kill takes more than a change in shelter policy – it requires a commitment from the entire community.  Read More

• The Case for Collaboration Editorial

  2006
  Why Maddie's Fund thinks collaboration is the fastest and most effective way to build a no-kill community.  Read More

Working with Veterinarians

• Working with Animal Welfare Organizations: A Veterinarian's Perspective

  2003
  Working with animal welfare organizations can be trying for a veterinarian. Dr. Barbara Monaghan offers advice on how to change the dynamic.  Read More

• Working with Private Practice Veterinarians: A Shelter Worker's Perspective

  2003
  Here are five great ideas animal welfare organizations can employ to get the help they need from private practice veterinarians.  Read More

• Getting More Veterinarians Involved Editorial

  2002
  It's important to bring veterinary professionals who have the ability to make a world of difference for homeless, abandoned animals into the animal welfare cause.  Read More