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Below are links to publications from Maddie’s Fund, a nonprofit dedicated to assisting shelters nationwide in becoming no-kill shelters. The Pet Fund works to help pet owners keep their animals from being surrendered to shelters for medical reasons, but all pet owners would benefit from nationwide no-kill shelter development.

The following links to articles, reprinted with permission from Maddie’s Fund, will help shelter staff and city/county/state personnel wishing to develop no-kill facilities. For additional information about designing and implementing no-kill approaches to shelter management, please contact Maddie’s Fund directly at 510-337-8989.

*Please note—Maddie’s Fund does not fund individual or rescue animal medical costs. They are ONLY available for funding for shelters. For information about additional resources for individual or rescue animal medical needs, please see the “Links” page on The Pet Fund website for referrals to additional veterinary assistance organizations.

What is No-Kill - Maddie's Fund defines no-kill as saving all healthy and treatable shelter pets. Learn more in this article.

Ten Reasons to Consider No-Kill - Increased adoptions, volunteers, and community support are just a few reasons to consider this article's approach.

Getting To No-Kill - This article outlines a strategy for implementing a no-kill facility.

This is the new Infection Control Manual for Shelters from Maddie's Fund. Iowa State University's College of Veterinary Medicine developed this manual to educate and train veterinary professionals, shelter staff and volunteers in infection control protocol implementation. Includes training materials on CD as well as disease fact sheets and PowerPoint presentations for shelter veterinarians to use in training shelter staff. To order, click here.