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Sep 11
3 min

“Come On Down” - Beth’s Blog #18

“Come on down!” Anyone that has ever watched the TV game show “The Price Is Right” recognizes these familiar words. Bob Barker, the...

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Our Rallying Cry: We Believe…Still (Beth’s Blog #17)

Beth Frank

Aug 3
3 min

Our Rallying Cry: We Believe…Still (Beth’s Blog #17)

What does it mean to “believe”? Various dictionary definitions show it to mean “be confident about something” and “to hold something as...

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Beth Frank

Jul 11
4 min

I Am Not the Only One (Beth's Blog #16)

Below are the contents of an email I received today from Nathan Winograd. (Many others received it too.) It is an important read for all...

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Beth Frank

Jun 20
3 min

Mission Accomplished? (Beth's Blog #15)

This blog is a little different in that the body of this blog is not written by me but rather by a well-known spay/neuter advocate back...

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Data Transparency Takes A Hit - Again (Beth's Blog #14)

Beth Frank

May 23
3 min

Data Transparency Takes A Hit - Again (Beth's Blog #14)

I must be a dreamer. I keep thinking that our animal shelter leaders will see the need to be transparent to EVERYONE with their data....

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Beth Frank

May 8
2 min

WATC? (Beth's Blog 13)

I see many posts about shelters helping dogs. Sadly, there are few of these posts about helping cats. A well-known national animal...

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Animal Sheltering - It’s NOT Just About Dogs (Blog #12)

Beth Frank

Apr 17
3 min

Animal Sheltering - It’s NOT Just About Dogs (Blog #12)

I have read a lot of posts by national animal sheltering groups and their affiliates, and by shelters also. Almost without fail, the...

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Covid Didn’t Help the Problem (Blog #11)

Beth Frank

Apr 5
2 min

Covid Didn’t Help the Problem (Blog #11)

"Currently, shelters are in crisis mode, with overcrowding and lagging adoptions." "Pet overpopulation seems to be increasing, leading to...

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Does Animal Sheltering Extend Beyond A Shelter’s Walls? (Blog #10)

Beth Frank

Mar 24
3 min

Does Animal Sheltering Extend Beyond A Shelter’s Walls? (Blog #10)

The answer should be YES. But is it? The current animal sheltering model, backed and pushed by our largest national organizations, puts a...

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Transparency: The Foundation of Animal Sheltering (Blog Post #9)

Beth Frank

Mar 16
3 min

Transparency: The Foundation of Animal Sheltering (Blog Post #9)

Transparency is an ethic that makes it easy for others to see what is being done. All animal sheltering models not only must include...

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Beth Frank

Mar 7
3 min

Breaking News!!! (Post #8)

I had intended to begin talking about shelter transparency and its role in animal sheltering with this post. We had breaking news last...

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Beth Frank

Feb 27
3 min

Be The Best That You Can Be

Let’s continue our discussion from my last blog on how transferring/transporting reduces the need for killing and raises shelters’ Live...

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Live Release Rates (LRR): Real or Artificial?

Beth Frank

Feb 6
2 min

Live Release Rates (LRR): Real or Artificial?

For the purposes of this chat, we won’t distinguish between Live Release Rates, Save Rates or “No-Kill" but rather address them in whole...

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Does Managed Intake Promote More Abandonment?

Beth Frank

Jan 19
2 min

Does Managed Intake Promote More Abandonment?

We all know that there are cats - and now dogs - everywhere in need of help. Owners are having issues in their lives and they can’t care...

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Beth Frank

Jan 5
2 min

Real Talk For 2023 (Blog Post #4)

People who know me know I rarely post anything personal but today I want to share a few of my thoughts with everyone. (Oh-oh.) As we find...

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Are You A De Facto Animal Shelter (Thank Managed Intake) (Blog #3)

Beth Frank

Dec 20, 2022
2 min

Are You A De Facto Animal Shelter (Thank Managed Intake) (Blog #3)

Let’s answer the obvious question first: What is a de facto animal shelter? It is in fact, or in effect, whether by right or not, where a...

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Turn Down the Reproduction Faucet (Blog #2)

Beth Frank

Dec 6, 2022
2 min

Turn Down the Reproduction Faucet (Blog #2)

Question: Does it benefit the animals or is it about something else (improving shelter numbers and outcomes, raising more donations,...

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Beth Frank

Nov 21, 2022
2 min

It's Kickoff Time!

I started this journey into the world of community cats and trap-neuter-return (TNR) over eight years ago by creating our first Facebook...

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“Come On Down” - Beth’s Blog #18

Our Rallying Cry: We Believe…Still (Beth’s Blog #17)

I Am Not the Only One (Beth's Blog #16)

Mission Accomplished? (Beth's Blog #15)

Data Transparency Takes A Hit - Again (Beth's Blog #14)

WATC? (Beth's Blog 13)

Animal Sheltering - It’s NOT Just About Dogs (Blog #12)

Covid Didn’t Help the Problem (Blog #11)

Does Animal Sheltering Extend Beyond A Shelter’s Walls? (Blog #10)

Transparency: The Foundation of Animal Sheltering (Blog Post #9)

Breaking News!!! (Post #8)

Be The Best That You Can Be

Live Release Rates (LRR): Real or Artificial?

Does Managed Intake Promote More Abandonment?

Real Talk For 2023 (Blog Post #4)

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