Beth Frank
- 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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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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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
- 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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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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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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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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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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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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Beth Frank
- Dec 21, 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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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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