To do our biggest and best work for animals, we must connect with people, and this starts with how well we are willing to listen.

Individual responsibility plays a crucial role in pet ownership, but the choices someone makes depend on the choices available to them.

There is more to the story of pets and people than we've been sharing.

Mainstream stories and messages about pets and people create divisions, undermine access to care, and contribute to overwhelmed organizations and burnout. We can do better.

Depending on the stories and messages around us, we can experience the same situation with two very different ideas about what’s going on.