Archive - The Shift To Prevention

The Phone Call Before the Shelter Is the One Nobody Is Staffed For

Most pet surrender begins before the shelter.

Jul 7 • BJ Adkins

Stop Being the Front Door for Every Problem in the Region

One shared network, so the family gets routed to the right door and it stops always being yours. Keep more families together.

Jul 6 • BJ Adkins

June 2026

Nobody Writes "I Don't Want My Dog"

The messages families actually send, and what they tell us about surrender.

Jun 30 • BJ Adkins

The Screwworm Plan Exists Now. The Question Is Whether Your Clinic Has It.

If you run a spay/neuter clinic or a trap-neuter-vaccinate-return program, picture the cat you released yesterday.

Jun 23 • BJ Adkins

She Was in the Hospital. Her Sister Was Trying to Give Buddy Away.

How one phone call kept a Trussville family together, and what it costs to be the kind of organization that picks up when that call comes in.

Jun 21 • BJ Adkins

We Do Prevention Everywhere Except Here

Animal welfare is the one field that hasn't figured out preventive maintenance yet.

Jun 16 • BJ Adkins

Reactive is not a strategy. It is a default.

Why prevention loses every animal welfare conversation, what prevention thinking actually looks like, and why this is the article I will keep writing.

Jun 9 • BJ Adkins

What a Gigawatt Costs the Pet Family Down the Road

Three of our seven counties are about to get data centers. Nobody is running the pet surrender math.

Jun 8 • BJ Adkins

The Phone Call Nobody Made: Why Pet Help Desks Are the Cheapest Animal in the Shelter

Most pet surrender begins with a call that never happens. Here is what a Pet Help Desk actually is, what makes one work, and what it costs to run.

Jun 4 • BJ Adkins

Playgroups Are Prevention. The Field Has Been Calling Them Enrichment.

It is a Tuesday afternoon at a shelter you have been to.

Jun 3 • BJ Adkins

You Don’t Own a Pet. You’re Still Paying for Them.

You are already paying for animal welfare. Twice.

Jun 2 • BJ Adkins

Why a Prevention-First Nonprofit Said No to Its Own Event in Year One

We were going to run our first annual Prevention Fest in 49 days. We pulled it. Here is the honest math behind that decision.

Jun 1 • BJ Adkins

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