Episode Resources

Helpful Blog Post About Discounts on Adoptions Fees

https://www.humananimalsupportservices.org/blog/you-should-be-doing-fee-waived-adoptions-this-summer/

ASPCA - 2013 - “Should Dogs and Cats Be Given As Gifts?”

https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/3/4/995

ASPCA 2009 study - “A Comparison of Attachment Levels of Adopters of Cats: Fee-Based Adoptions Versus Free Adoptions”

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10888700903163674

ASPCA - 2014-  Do Policy Based Adoptions Increase the Care a Pet Receives? An Exploration of a Shift to Conversation Based Adoptions at One Shelter

https://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation?PaperID=50847&#abstract

Maddie’s Fund 2011 Project - Tracked outcomes

https://www.bissellpetfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/MacArthur-Adoption-Outcomes-Maddies-Adoptathon-1.pdf

Bissell Pet Foundation- Empty the Shelters

https://www.bissellpetfoundation.org/programs/empty-the-shelters/