Give Them Ten was honored to present at our first international conference, Humane Canada’s Summit for Animals. Monica Tarant, alongside Dr. Sara Pizano and Deborah Cribbs, led a thoughtful discussion on the challenging topic of “The Ethics of Letting Go: Behavioral Euthanasia for Cats and Dogs.” The presentation addressed the difficult realities shelter professionals sometimes face when caring for animals with significant behavioral challenges. Too often, shelter staff face the impossible choice between warehousing unadoptable animals indefinitely or facing backlash for making the humane (but heartbreaking) decision to euthanize.

Our Chief Innovation Officer, Monica Tarant, and Dr. Sara Pizano, along with our founder, Deborah Cribbs, presented at Humane World for Animals’ Animal Care Expo. The team presented “Bootstraps and Breakthroughs: Reducing Intake and Saving Lives in America’s Most Overwhelmed Shelters.” Drawing on their hands-on work with rural shelters across Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio, they shared creative, low-cost strategies for overcoming challenges like veterinary shortages and high shelter intake.

Stress is one of the biggest barriers to cat adoption, but clicker training may be the solution. In our latest "Cat Chat," Deborah Cribbs talks with Lindsey Vansandt, Director of the Imperiled Cat Project at the Cincinnati Zoo, about how clicker training and double-compartment housing can make shelters more comfortable and help hard-to-place cats find homes.

What if community cats could be sterilized in minutes—no surgery required? On the latest "Cat Chat," Dr. Lindsey Vansandt of the Cincinnati Zoo joins Deborah Cribbs to share an exciting breakthrough: a sterilizing injection that could one day replace traditional spay/neuter procedures. This innovation could make TNR faster, simpler and far more affordable, helping communities reach more cats than ever before. Watch the segment now.

Deborah Cribbs joined Stacy LeBaron of United Spay Alliance on the United We Spay podcast to share how Give Them Ten is changing feline welfare locally and beyond. She discusses using strong strategy, data, and bold messaging to expand community cat programs—and why spay/neuter remains the most practical, scalable solution to feline overpopulation.

In the latest "Cat Chat" segment on Rappaport to the Rescue, our own Deborah Cribbs talks with Lindsey Vansandt, Director of the Imperiled Cat Project at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden. Together, they discuss promising new research on a potential one-time contraceptive injection for cats—an innovation that could make humane population control more practical and widely accessible than ever.