Animal Welfare Professionals

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Thank you to the record setting 262 attendees who joined the call this morning! The recording is now available to watch here and you can find the full agenda, resources and links below. 

Agenda 

Welcome – Kristen Hassen, American Pets Alive!
hassen@americanpetsalive.org

• QOTD: What is your favorite thing to do on a freezing cold day?

• Next Friday – Wear your favorite accessory day!

 

Mary's Motivation

• Companions and Animals for Reform and Equity (CARE) Black History Month series https://chewonthis.maddiesfund.org/2022/01/care-black-history-month/

• February 2: Black Queers CARE: American Historical Figures and Kinship https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIvf-qvqzMpHtRjDjGw17RSBJ9OR1kfa30x

• Here are the 5 Friday call winners for January, receiving $1,000 each for their organizations! CONGRATULATIONS! 🎉 

 

National updates / shared links

• Big Dog Master Class – virtual conference March 29-30. Register here for FREE https://maddiesfund-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_uydm2Ka_RSye_dVgVJg4Bw

• Big Dog Master Class conference – full description with sessions and speakers https://maddiesmillionpetchallenge.org/big-dog-master-class/

• Amended American History webcast with the CARE team - February 17 - sign up here https://maddiesfund-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_db28eTQ_RCW6x5qzI0lNDQ

• Kittens are Coming Podcast https://network.bestfriends.org/proven-strategies/best-friends-podcast/best-friends-podcast-ep-99

• Sign up for the Kittens are Coming Town Hall https://network.bestfriends.org/proven-strategies/best-friends-town-halls

• A brand new comms toolkit from HeARTs Speak and HASS is available! This month the theme is Keeping Families Together (and this week there should be no technical issues when you download!) https://heartsspeak.org/keeping-families-together/

• Maddie's Fund We Foster Challenge: https://www.maddiesfund.org/we-foster-challenge.htm

• GoodPup Free Webinars for staff/volunteers/fosters

• Leash Reactivity Roundtable 2/15/22: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/goodpup-webinar-roundtable-leash-reactivity-the-other-end-of-the-leash-tickets-260597031737

• Compassion Resilience with Jessica Dolce 3/3/22: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/goodpup-webinar-the-abcs-of-compassion-resilience-tickets-261296393547

• GoodPup Previous Webinars: https://goodpup.com/webinar-series

• More info about GoodPup! https://goodpup.com/shelters or email Allie Mayer allie@petcarenow.com

• February is Feline Fix by Five Month, if you want some easy graphics to share, please check it out here: https://www.felinefixbyfive.org/marketing-resources

• Shout-out to Rebecca Guinn at Lifeline Animal Project + their video

• Please become a HASS Partner Organization - https://hass-net.americanpetsalive.org/partner-organizations

• 2/16/22: Webinar: Lessons from the Last Three Years of Animal Sheltering Data 12:00 to 1:30 PM ET with Steve Zeidman, Dr. Julie Levy, Brent Toellner and Kristen Hassen For the first time, we will present data specifically on bully breed dogs.   Register:  https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/1092094743173376016

• Cool spay/neuter video out of Wyoming: https://animaladoptioncenter.org/spay-neuter/

• HASS Mutual Aid groups https://www.humananimalsupportservices.org/blog/animal-mutual-aid-help-pets-stay-with-their-families/

• Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next)

• PetSmart Charities is hosting our Partner Summit on February 10, 2022 from 10 a.m. – 11 a.m. MST (AZ). Register by February 4th, 2022, https://petsmartcharities.org/pro

• Maddie's® Million Pet Challenge http://www.maddiesmillionpetchallenge.org/

• NACA certification course https://www.justiceclearinghouse.com/animal-control-for-the-law-enforcement-officer-online-certification-course/

• A brand-new comms toolkit from HeARTs Speak and HASS is available! This month the theme is Keeping Families Together (and this week there should be no technical issues when you download!) https://heartsspeak.org/keeping-families-together/

• Humane Canada's Summit for Animals May 2022.  A hybrid event with both online and in-person components https://humanecanada.swoogo.com/summit/

Session Links & Contacts

Session One: It's a New Year & A New Shelter Animals Count!

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Charlotte Otero
Community Strategist at Maddie's Fund
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Original Message:
Sent: 02-03-2022 11:38 AM
From: Bobby Mann
Subject: Animal Welfare Leadership Roundup Call - 2/4/22 - January Grant Giveaway, Shelter Animals Count Interactive Dashboard & Veterinary Care Accessibility Project

Updated 2/4/22: Recording now available!

Congrats to the 5 Friday call winners for January, receiving $1,000 each for their organizations!

 - Jen Bliss, Seattle Humane
 - Elisabeth Manwiller, Animal Rescue League of Berks County
 - Shelley Joaquin, Surrey Animal Resource Centre
 - Jordan Craig, Spay Neuter Network
 - Dyanna Uchiek, Portsmouth Humane Society

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Hello!

 

Sharing the agenda for the 2/4/22 Maddie's  Friday Animal Welfare Leadership Roundup (LINK TO REGISTER)

 

Announcements

- Maddie's Fund will be announcing winners of the January $5,000 grant giveaway!

- Don't miss your chance to register for the FREE Big Dog Master Class (1,250+ already registered!)

- Sign up to become an official HASS Partner Organization 

Session One: It's a New Year & A New Shelter Animals Count!  SAC has just released TWO new data visualizations: 1) A new, interactive dashboard of shelter data from 2016-2021 2) A new report comparing Q1-Q3 data from the same organizations across 2019-2021.  Join SAC Executive Director, Stephanie Filer, for a walk-through of these data releases and hear what else you can expect from SAC in 2022.

 

Session Two: Join Dr. Sue Neal, researcher and data nerd & Dr. Mike Greenberg, veterinarian and fellow data nerd as they give an update of their newly launched Veterinary Care Accessibility Project.  They will focus on providing a tour of their effort to put Access to Care 'on the map' by sharing how they developed the Veterinary Care Accessibility Score for every county in the US and what their future plans include.

Thank you!

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Bobby Mann Maddie's® Human Animal Support Services Pilot Director bobby.mann@americanpetsalive.org You can save lives in a variety of ways. Visit our brands.

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