Blog 16: Advisory Meeting #2

EQ: How can animal shelters best promote animal adoption?

Answer #2: Animal shelters can best promote animal adoption through special animal adoption events because it attracts a lot of people, easy to broadcast, and is not limited to any time frame.

1. The events are not contained to any size so it can be as big as the shelter wants or it can be a small event.
2. Advertising for the events can range from ads in the newspapers to handing out flyers, it is not limited by expenses because it is up to the shelter that is hosting the event what method they want to use and how much they are willing to spend for it.
3. These events can be held at any time the shelter wants whether according to any holidays coming up to help create a theme or any date that the shelter wishes to use.

Research:

• Swanson, Debbie. ʺShine a Light.ʺ Animal Sheltering. The Humane Society, Nov.-Dec. 2013. Web. 23 Jan. 2014.
• Petfinder. ʺAnimal Placement Tips and Strategies.ʺ Petfinder Animal Placement Tips and Strategies Comments. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Jan. 2014.
• Bestfriends. ʺHow to Promote Shelter Dogs for Adoption.ʺ Bestfriends.org. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Feb. 2014.
• ʺAnimal Shelter Tips: Valentine's Fundraising and Adoption Ideas.ʺ Animal Shelter Tips: Valentine's Fundraising and Adoption Ideas. N.p., n.d. Web. 07 Feb. 2014.

Concluding Sentence: Animal adoption events are very helpful not only for the new arrivals but also for the senior dogs and the ones that have been at the shelter for some time, this is why shelters have events to find loving homes for their animals.