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		<title>Sanctuary Startup Kit?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At least once a month, GFAS receives an email that basically says “I love animals and want to start a sanctuary. Can you please let me know how to start?” One thing I personally hope that GFAS does is provide people with a more realistic assessment of how much skill is really needed to run [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sanctuaryfederation.org/gfas/sanctuary-startup-kit/</link>
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		<title>Have you signed your prenup yet?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[No one likes to think about divorce, especially when they just got engaged! Yet, especially when the stakes are high (e.g, one person already has children, one person is much wealthier than the other), prenuptials are common. Why? Because divorce statistics, last time I checked, say you have about a 50% chance of divorce, and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sanctuaryfederation.org/gfas/have-you-signed-your-prenup-yet/</link>
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		<title>Fire!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After joining GFAS, on one of my first visits to a model sanctuary, we discovered a smoldering fire in progress when we opened the door and stepped inside a building housing animals, bedded down for the night.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sanctuaryfederation.org/gfas/fire/</link>
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		<title>The GFAS Carole Noon Award for Sanctuary Excellence</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We are now seeking nominations for The Global Federation of Animal Sanctuaries Carole Noon Award for Sanctuary Excellence. The award was created to honor outstanding contributions to the animal sanctuary field. The honor memorializes Carole Noon, Ph. D., a courageous and innovative sanctuary pioneer and champion of chimpanzees. The first award, given in 2009, was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sanctuaryfederation.org/gfas/the-gfas-carole-noon-award-for-sanctuary-excellence/</link>
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		<title>Seeing the Forest for the Trees</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As more sanctuaries are going through the process of accreditation, there are sure to be differences of opinions on specific standards… sometimes major differences of opinion. We will work through those together, in a professional and respectful manner. But as we do so, let’s not lose sight of the forest. An accreditation program for sanctuaries [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sanctuaryfederation.org/gfas/seeing-the-forest-for-the-trees/</link>
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		<title>A Salute to Mentors</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is the kind of generous mentoring, and willingness to learn, that allows new sanctuaries to start with a leg up and avoid re-inventing the wheel or repeating mistakes. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sanctuaryfederation.org/gfas/a-salute-to-mentors/</link>
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		<title>How NOT to Start a Sanctuary</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I received a phone call today. I’m sure the caller meant well. But the conversation went something like this. Caller:  I’m calling because I want to start an animal sanctuary. Me:  What kind of species? Caller: I’m not sure. Me: Domestic or wildlife? Caller:  I’m not sure. Me:  Have you run a business or nonprofit [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sanctuaryfederation.org/gfas/how-not-to-start-a-sanctuary/</link>
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		<title>Where are the Funders?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Creators of an animal grantmaking database just finished the analysis of their 2006 survey on where foundation dollars to help animals were disbursed…and animal sanctuaries came in dead last as recipients. As a former funder, who was part of disbursing those funds in 2006, I can tell you at least one reason sanctuaries received so [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sanctuaryfederation.org/gfas/where-are-funders/</link>
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