Bethany Adams

Maryland

Senior Editor, Humane Society of the United States at Animal Sheltering Magazine

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(Transporting) across the divide

1 month ago | humanepro.org | Bethany Adams

State by state, animal professionals give and take the right way Animal Sheltering magazine Spring 2017 Karina King, director of operations at the Dakin Humane Society in Massachusetts, has what you might call “a good problem.” In late October 2016, between the nonprofit’s two locations in Springfield and Leverett, she has only one dog available for adoption.
A brand-new you

2 months ago | humanepro.org | Bethany Adams

Better branding can help you save more animals Animal Sheltering magazine May/June 2016 Maybe your shelter has a new facility, or maybe you started out as a feline-only rescue and now find yourself with a menagerie. Maybe the local community mistrusts your organization or keeps confusing your humane society with the local rescue, animal control or even—dare we say it?—one of the national animal welfare organizations.
Forget the fairy tale

2 months ago | humanepro.org | Bethany Adams

Lowering your drawbridge will help more adopters and animals live happily ever after Animal Sheltering magazine January/February 2016 Almost two years ago, I set out to adopt a Chihuahua from a rescue group that prides itself on finding “carefully screened forever homes.”First, I completed and emailed a short adoption questionnaire, detailing the members of my household and my landlord’s contact information. I waited a week with no response, so I followed up twice.
Apples and oranges

2 months ago | humanepro.org | Bethany Adams

When organizations are at odds with their volunteers, a fruitful outcome requires a firm hand Animal Sheltering magazine Articles from HumanePro The volunteer just couldn’t stop spooning the dogs. “She was very invested,” says Hilary Hager, recalling the woman’s affection for the animals at the shelter. Hager, who has managed volunteers for two shelters and is now director of volunteer engagement at The HSUS, says the volunteer worked at her former shelter five days a week.
Downloadable checklists: From crisis to care

2 months ago | humanepro.org | Bethany Adams

Partnerships, planning and protocol are vital to emergency sheltering Animal Sheltering magazine July/August 2016 How on Earth did Noah keep things straight with all of those animals jam-packed in the ark? It’s a tale as old as time, but if your animal welfare organization ever responds to a natural disaster or large-scale cruelty situation, you might find yourself wondering about Noah’s intake procedure.
Shaking off stigmas

2 months ago | humanepro.org | Bethany Adams

Are you still clinging to shelter and rescue myths rather than facts? Animal Sheltering magazine November/December 2016 Perhaps you “know” that black dogs are less adoptable. Maybe you think the world would be a better place if everyone were required to fix their pets. It’s logical and no one can tell you otherwise—you’ve seen the evidence with your own eyes. No need to check your eyesight, but you might be missing the big picture.
Beyond breed

2 months ago | humanepro.org | Bethany Adams

In September, author Bronwen Dickey kindly made a “pit” stop at our HSUS offices to discuss her new book, Pit Bull: The Battle Over an American Icon.
Born free-roaming

2 months ago | humanepro.org | Bethany Adams

Return-to-field programs reassess ‘the right thing’ for community cats Animal Sheltering magazine Summer 2017 At Miami-Dade County Animal Services in 2010, staffers had so little room to spare and so few program alternatives that they euthanized 11,454 cats that year, many directly in their traps or carriers, without ever checking if they were feral or friendly.
Can you hear me meow?

2 months ago | humanepro.org | Bethany Adams

Trade the silent treatment for rapid response Animal Sheltering magazine Summer 2017 Has your rescueever been so overwhelmed with phone calls and emails that someone threatened to sue? Not yet? Then despite your overflowing voicemail box and unspeakable unread email count, your organization is likely in better shape, customer service-wise, than Black Dog Animal Rescue in Cheyenne, Wyoming, was in 2012.
What the fomite?

2 months ago | humanepro.org | Bethany Adams

Florida shelter spreads the word about infectious disease Animal Sheltering magazine Fall 2017 Would you be worried if I said you have fomites? Believe it or not, your skin cells, hair and clothing are fomites, and so is your cell phone and that pen you’re carrying around. A fomite is simply a nonliving object or material that can transmit infection.