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General · Best Practices

"A Foster Agreement Is an Ownership Document, Not a Care Manual"

"Most foster agreements spend three pages on feeding and leash rules and one sentence on who owns the animal. That is the wrong ratio. Here is a ten-clause agreement you can copy, and the argument for why the care rules should be taken out of it entirely."

Sep 17, 2026 10 min read

Colony & TNR

Rehoming a Rescue Dog to Another EU Country Is Not a Pet Passport Move

An adoption transfers ownership, which puts a cross-border rescue transport outside the pet passport regulation entirely. The sending establishment must be approved by its competent authority, and every animal needs an official health certificate issued within 48 hours of departure.

Sep 15, 2026 8 min read

General

What the Volunteer Protection Act Covers at an Animal Rescue, and What It Leaves Open

The federal Volunteer Protection Act shields individual volunteers from personal liability for ordinary negligence, but it says in terms that it leaves the organization's own liability untouched, and it drops out the moment a volunteer gets behind the wheel.

Sep 1, 2026 8 min read

General

What a Spanish Rescue Asociación Must Register, File and Insure

A Spanish animal rescue asociación needs four separate registrations, not one, and since Ley 7/2023 it also needs civil liability insurance and a written contract with every foster home. Most groups also owe an annual corporate tax return even with no commercial income.

Aug 22, 2026 8 min read