Rescue Matters: How to Find, Foster, and Rehome Companion Animals: A Guide for Volunteers and Organizers

Part I of Rescue Matters! covers the legal, organizational, and paperwork needs of rescue groups, as well as finding and working with volunteers. Part II deals with the animals themselves: how to evaluate (health issues, personality assessment, type of home needed) foster homes and veterinary care, assessing potential adopters, training, and dealing with behavioral problems. The book offers something for everyone interested in saving homeless pets, from those wanting to help out a few hours a week to those willing to provide foster homes or volunteer their organizational, office, or publicity skills.

• Covered in Pet Fur: How to start an animal rescue
• Funds to the Rescue: 101 Fundraising Ideas for Humane and Animal Rescue Groups
• Rescue Me: Your Step-By-Step Guide to Starting an Animal Rescue
• Publicity to the Rescue: How to Get More Attention for Your Animal Shelter, Humane Society or Rescue Group to Raise Awareness, Increase Donations, Recruit Volunteers, and Boost Adoptions
• Nonprofit Bookkeeping and Accounting For Dummies
• How to Start and Run a Rescue
• Feral Cat Rescue: Tips and Techniques for Caregivers
• Secrets of a Vet Tech: The Guide to Low Cost Pet Care when the Cupboard is Bare
• One at a Time: A Week in an American Animal Shelter
• 199 Fun and Effective Fundraising Events for Nonprofit Organizations