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November 12, 2023 Updates

2023 Impact Report

As animal lovers and advocates, we at BISSELL Pet Foundation believe every pet deserves a happy and secure life, and we know you do too.

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August 29, 2024 Cathy’s Blog

Where Does Your Money Go?

Cathy Bissell shares tips to avoid supporting disingenuous causes and people who are profiting from the plight of our nation’s homeless pets. 

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August 15, 2024 Cathy’s Blog

Addressing the Disaster Within the Disaster

Cathy Bissell shares her insights on the increase in extreme weather and how animal shelters must adapt their preparation and response.

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August 4, 2024 Cathy’s Blog

Euthanasia Lists Are Not the Answer 

Cathy Bissell shares insight about the reality of posting euthanasia lists.

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June 25, 2024 Cathy’s Blog

Thinking of Starting a Pet Rescue? Read This First!

Cathy Bissell shares insights on the complicated environment rescues face by asking rescue leaders how they are adapting

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April 24, 2024 Cathy’s Blog

Innovating to Save Lives

Animal welfare organizations must innovate to increase access to spay/neuter.

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March 8, 2024 Cathy’s Blog

Co-housing or Overcapacity?

Co-housing can save lives, but overcrowding your shelter without adequate staffing resources is simply overcapacity.

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January 22, 2024 Cathy’s Blog

Choose Animal Shelters in 2024

Cathy Bissell encourages animal shelters and the community to make critical choices in 2024 to save the lives of pets.

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October 13, 2023 Cathy’s Blog

Animal Incident Management is Collaborating to Save Lives

Cathy Bissell shares insights on the lifesaving impact of BISSELL Pet Foundation's Animal Incident Management initiative.

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June 27, 2023 Cathy’s Blog

Giving Second Chances to 240+ Dogs Through BPF’s Animal Incident Management Program

Cathy shares details of BPF's Animal Incident Management team's recent mission in Missouri.

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May 17, 2023 Cathy’s Blog

The Compassion Fatigue Crisis in Our Nation’s Animal Shelters

Cathy passionately shares her concerns about certain animal welfare practices.

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March 16, 2023 Cathy’s Blog

3 Practices in Animal Welfare We Need to Change

Cathy passionately shares her concerns about certain animal welfare practices.

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February 28, 2023 Cathy’s Blog

Payment Options: Low-Hanging Fruit for Access to Veterinary Care

Why payment options should be available everywhere and what you can do.

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February 3, 2023 Cathy’s Blog

Saving Lives in St. Landry Parish

Cathy Bissell shares updates on lifesaving efforts in St. Landry Parish.

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January 10, 2023 Cathy’s Blog

Improving Access to Care

Cathy Bissell talks about how the animal welfare industry can improve access to care for pet owners.

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January 4, 2023 Cathy’s Blog

Supporting Source Shelters

Cathy Bissell shares how BISSELL Pet Foundation supports source shelters and how destination shelters are giving back.

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December 7, 2022 Cathy’s Blog

Transforming Spay/Neuter in 2023

Cathy Bissell talks about BISSELL Pet Foundation's approach to spay/neuter in the year to come.

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November 15, 2022 Cathy’s Blog

How to Impact Homeless Pets this Giving Tuesday and Beyond

Giving Tuesday is one of the most important days for nonprofits, and it is just around the corner.

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November 2, 2022 Cathy’s Blog

Drawing Families into Shelters to Adopt

Cathy Bissell talks about the impact of drawing potential adopters into shelters.

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October 3, 2022 Cathy’s Blog

A Disaster Response Update: Supporting Florida Shelters

BISSELL Pet Foundation is working tirelessly to support the people and animals impacted by Hurricane Ian in Florida.

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September 6, 2022 Cathy’s Blog

What Happens When Puppy Mills Can’t Sell Their Dogs? 

BISSELL Pet Foundation recently helped place more than 50 puppy mill puppies.

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August 11, 2022 Cathy’s Blog

Every Community Has Adopters

22,165 adoptions took place during BISSELL Pet Foundation's July 2022 Empty the Shelters event.

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July 29, 2022 Cathy’s Blog

Bullying Shelters is not Acceptable

Speaking up for shelters in the face of bullying as they work to support more than 4,000 beagles saved from Virginia facility.

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July 27, 2022 Cathy’s Blog

Rethinking the Narrative When Marketing Shelter Pets for Adoption

Cathy Bissell shares her insights on how to rethink the narrative of the marketing of pets in the animal welfare industry.

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July 6, 2022 Cathy’s Blog

Our Nation’s Animal Shelters are in Crisis

With rising inflation, housing changes, the increased cost of veterinary care and many people struggling to make ends meet, shelters from coast to coast are seeing a drastic increase in owner surrenders.

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June 2, 2022 Cathy’s Blog

BISSELL Pet Foundation Assists with 19 Cruelty Cases and Counting

We need to talk about large-scale animal cruelty cases, like hoarding situations and puppy mills, and how they impact our shelters and exhaust precious resources.

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April 15, 2022 Cathy’s Blog

Beyond Data: A Look at our Nation’s Shelter Crisis

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March 2, 2022

Ending the Stigma to Appreciate Shelter Employees

BISSELL Pet Foundation and Petco Love
January 27, 2022

Building Healthy Communities Together

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January 5, 2022

Empty the Shelters 2022

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December 20, 2021

Reflecting on Saving Lives in 2021

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October 5, 2021

Reducing the Trauma of Pets in Shelters

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September 22, 2021

Fighting the Sheltering Crisis of 2021

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September 9, 2021

Together We Can Fight Puppy Mills

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August 11, 2021

Understanding the Impact of Shelter Veterinarians

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July 20, 2021

Be Fair. Until EVERY pet has a home.

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June 16, 2021

Addressing the Biggest Needs

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May 27, 2021

Barriers

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May 6, 2021

BPF’s National Shelter Alliance

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April 23, 2021

The Challenge

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December 29, 2020

A Letter from Cathy Bissell – Making an Impact in 2020!

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May 2, 2017

This is what success looks like: A message from Cathy Bissell, founder of BPF.

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August 18, 2014

UIX: A Real Treat for Local Companion Animals: Cathy Bissell