Animal shelters do the best they can to provide a safe place for pets to live while they wait to be adopted. Unfortunately, many animals don't do well in shelter conditions and can become so stressed that they lose the personality that would have won the hearts of their potential new owners. This can lead to pets languishing in a shelter for years, or being euthanized.

They need a better solution, like fostering.

Fostering is when a person volunteers to let a shelter pet live with them in their home temporarily. There are a lot of benefits to fostering, such as ...

- pets get a chance to relax and recover away from shelter life
- people get the joy of an animal companion without the lifelong commitment
- most shelters cover all pet expenses, so it’s free to foster

The greatest benefit is that fostering saves lives. Pets who live in foster homes are much more likely to get adopted than pets at the shelter

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The state of Texas is debating whether or not to dismantle the Licensed Breeder Program, the regulations that help protect animals from being kept in the horrible conditions that are common in puppy mills.

The Animal Legal Defense Fund has put together a form letter that you can send to the Texas commission responsible for this program, so you can let them know that dogs and cats deserve protection.

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Right now, in many military bases across the US, there are military housing rules that ban certain breeds of dog that have been inaccurately deemed aggressive or dangerous, regardless of the individual dog's actual temperament.

This means that soldiers assigned to those bases have to give up their beloved family pets, often surrendering them to shelters where dogs of those breeds are 54% more likely to be euthanized than adopted.

The US Congress is currently debating a new military budget bill that could include breed-neutral language that would allow any breed of dog to live on military bases. If this bill passes, no US soldier would have to give up their pets due to an arbitrary rule.

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- Tap this link to send a letter to your representative asking them to include breed-neutral policy in this bill: https://support.bestfriends.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=789&utm_medium=email&utm_source=luminate&utm_campaign=advocacy

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