The importance of crafting contingency policies for your animal sanctuary and some events to consider having plans for.

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A short primer on how to protect yourself when someone gives you their animal to care for.

Here's a free downloadable template to help craft an animal sanctuary's accident waiver and release of liability form!

If you are hiring employees at your animal sanctuary in the United States, you must know how to properly classify them to avoid serious consequences!

If your animal sanctuary is in the United States, do you know about your obligations to follow the ADA? How can all sanctuaries be made more accessible?

How to develop an animal sanctuary internship program that is mutually rewarding, non-exploitative, and not incidentally illegal!

If your animal sanctuary is formally incorporated the United States and has one employee, you must be in OSHA compliance.

If you're operating an animal sanctuary, insurance is a mission-critical tool to keep your organization safe!

Every animal sanctuary needs to have appropriate biosecurity measures in place. What can you do to prevent the spread of disease?

Here's a free printable checklist to help review OSHA compliance for your animal sanctuary!

Transporting residents can be a serious undertaking. What must you consider to do it safely and legally?

Why is health documentation so important for animal sanctuary residents?

Here's a free printable checklist to help facilitate safe long distance animal transportation to or from your animal sanctuary!

Here are 25 questions to consider and guide conversation when weighing a new intake at your animal sanctuary

Here's a free editable template to help you get started with creating an adoption contract for safer resident adoption protocols!

Here's a free printable form to responsibly document the use of controlled substances at your animal sanctuary!