UPDATED: 11/5/21 at 12pm PT - Full Agenda, Resources & Recording Now Available
Agenda• Welcome – Bobby Mann, American Pets Alive!
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Mary's Motivation – Last week we spoke about terms that are divisive – we are hardwired to look at the negative. November for her is gratitude month and she’s focusing on the terms that unite us rather than separate us. What are the things that bring us together that allow us to feel like we are kindred spirits?
• ASV Covid Polls: Dr. Berliner (see poll results below)
• National updates: No Friday meetings on November 12 or November 26.
• Looking Forward: The Future of Animal Welfare Dec 7-9 virtual. https://theaawa.org/event/future
• November 10: Maddie’s Candid Conversation with Dr. Michael Blackwell https://maddiesfund-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcoc-GqpzIuE9Jx9M4ldvAeZoM3ssszZCIQ • HASS Get Involved https://www.humananimalsupportservices.org/get-involved-animal-welfare/
• Best Friends National Conference speaker proposals accepted through Nov 19th. Please submit and share with your teams!
https://bestfriends.org/events/best-friends-national-conference/speaking-proposals
• Book suggestion:My Dog Always Eats First: Homeless People and Their Animals by Leslie Irvine https://www.abebooks.com/Dog-Always-Eats-First-Homeless-People/30732863962/bd?cm_mmc=ggl-_-US_Shopp_Textbook-_-product_id=COM9781588268884USED-_-keyword=&gclid=Cj0KCQjwrJOMBhCZARIsAGEd4VEu4gUgyBiDMDjlKIAmV1RSVlfkfr5jWiXKwk7AkIazBdkklTUluVcaAvDTEALw_wcB
• CAREawo.org/donate – Neighborhood Center in Camden, NJ Thanksgiving www.careawo.org/donate -
The Neighborhood Center in Camden NJ has an event every year on 11/24, that provides everything families need for Thanksgiving, including a turkey. The serve 500 families every year and they’ve been doing this for close to 100 years! This year, thanks to RARF CARE and Purina, we’ll have cat and dog food available to every family as well. If you’d like to donate, please got to careawo.org/donate and mention “CAMDEN” in the notes.
• Bobby Mann and Kristen Hassen are developing the 2022 agenda for these meetings – please send in your ideas https://forms.monday.com/forms/03f9df7fb83ef1499b6a9215bbe8b31b?r=use1 • Silja Schiller-Moumtzidia, Global Shelters and Pet Adoptions Director, Mars
https://www.mars.com/news-and-stories/articles/mars-petcare-ending-pet-homelessness Contact Silja: Silja.schiller-moumtzidis@effem.com • Zero Stray Pawject Zero Stray Pawject http://www.zerostraypawject.org/ • Dr. Ilaria Pesci, Regulatory and Scientific Manager, Royal Canine Italy
https://www.royalcanin.com/it • Mihaela Negrescu, Portfolio Manager Central Europe, Mars https://www.mars.com/search?keywords=romania https://ro.linkedin.com/in/mihaela-negrescu-91097915----- Original Post ----
We hope you'll join us tomorrow for the Animal Welfare Leadership Roundup where we will hear from three different international speakers on the call!
We'll learn about the animal welfare system in three different European nations (Greece, Italy, and Romania) and how their systems, as well as their challenges, are both very similar to, yet different than, those in the U.S. and Canada. The presenters will share photos, stories, and most importantly, tell us about how animal welfare works where they live (or have lived).
We'll first hear from Silja Schiller-Moumtzidia, the Global Shelters and Pet Adoptions Director for Mars who led rescue and advocacy efforts in Greece, and will share about a new law in Greece which requires pet owners to sterilize their pets or offer a DNA sample. We'll then turn to Ilaria Pesci, a veterinarian in Italy and the Regulatory and Scientific Manager for Royal Canine Italy about the animal welfare system in Italy and how animal welfare federations provide the national structure for animal welfare organizations. Finally, Mihaela Negrescu will tell us about animal welfare in Romania, where free-roaming dogs pose unique challenges for dog management.
If you've ever wondered about how animal welfare differs in other nations, this is a great opportunity to learn more and to get ideas about how the U.S. can learn lessons from what is working in other countries.
Hope you can be there for this first-ever international speakers Friday call!
Follow this link to register for the Zoom call#LawsandPublicPolicy#Medicine,SurgeryandSterilization#OrganizationalManagement------------------------------
Charlotte Otero
Community Strategist at Maddie's Fund
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