Thanks to the 155 attendees who joined us live this morning! If you missed today's call, you can
watch the recording available on YouTube, read through the full agenda, national updates and resources below. Attached you'll also find a copy of the chat file. As a reminder we are not meeting next week and hope you enjoy some time off.
Call Recap• No Friday meeting on November 26th. Happy Thanksgiving and Native American Heritage Day!
• Welcome – Kristen Hassen, American Pets Alive! QOTD: What is the one thing you are most looking forward to over the holidays?
• Mary's Motivation: Mary has been watching the PBS documentary American Veteran about the experiences of veterans across the "arc of history." Yesterday's episode was called "The Reckoning." She encouraged us to look up the definition of reckoning. A lot of the experiences the veterans shared were things that could really help her as she tries to relate, communicate and empathize with people whose experiences are so different than her own. As we try to figure out how in our field to connect with our communities – how do we get beyond the walls of the shelters – she feels there is a solution to our challenges when she tries to look outside of herself. The problem and the solution do not look anything at all alike and that can be confounding – but don't give up, let's continue to move forward.
It is November which in her house is gratitude month. She is so grateful that we all continue to show up for each other, for our teams, for our communities, for our family and friends in spite of almost two years of unprecedented challenges. So enjoy the things you are most looking forward to over the holiday!
• Steve Merrero of Tadsaw.org posted an article about PTSD Warriors Returning Home Face a Real Life Catch-22:
https://tadsaw.org/22-suicides-a-day/National Updates• November 30 at 12n ET: Global Dog Campaign – free webinar from Wellbeing International (posted by Dr Andrew Rowan).
Register:
https://wellbeingintl.org/get-involved/webinars/?utm_source=tow&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=tow-vol3-10-web-webinar• ShelterLuv.com free flyer for members to boost year-end donations!
• Dec 7-9 AAWA Looking Forward: The Future of Animal Welfare (virtual).
https://theaawa.org/event/future• Best Friends National Conference speaker proposals due today! Please submit and share with your teams
https://bestfriends.org/events/best-friends-national-conference/speaking-proposals• Best Friends Data Explorer Tool
https://data.bestfriends.org/IntakesOutcomes/IndexRun custom reports:
https://data.bestfriends.org/IntakesOutcomes/DataSelectionContact:
bethanyh@bestfriends.org• Best Friends Town Hall November 18 recording:
https://network.bestfriends.org/proven-strategies/best-friends-town-halls• Best Friends New Spay/Neuter Resource Map:
https://network.bestfriends.org/spayneuter-resource-map• PetCoLove - apply for FREE vaccines for owned pets, here:
https://petcolove.fluxx.io/Today's Speakers• Session One: Mihaela Negrescu Portfolio Manager at Mars Central Europe continued our international presentations. She shared about animal welfare in Romania, where free-roaming dogs pose unique challenges for dog management. Contact:
Mihaela.Negrescu@effem.comThe largest dog shelter in the world is in Romania Asociaţia "Ute Langenkamp: Iubiţi Maidanezii" (AULIM) (posted by Steve Marrero)
http://www.aulim.ro/wordpress/• Session Two: DC Cat Count: Establishing Common Ground for Collaboration & Cat Population Management
Lisa LaFontaine, President and CEO, Humane Rescue Alliance
https://www.humanerescuealliance.org/Dr. John Boone, Great Basin Bird Observatory, Reno, Nevada
https://www.gbbo.org/Dr. Tyler Flockhart, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Appalachian Laboratory, Frostburg, Maryland
https://www.umces.edu/DC Cat Count: tools and resources
https://hub.dccatcount.org/@dccatcount on InstaGram
https://www.instagram.com/dccatcount/We captured lots of amazing wildlife too!
DC Cat Count Toolkit
https://hub.dccatcount.org/pages/toolkit------------------------------
Charlotte Otero
Community Strategist at Maddie's Fund
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Original Message:
Sent: 11-18-2021 01:39 PM
From: Charlotte Otero
Subject: Animal Welfare Leadership Roundup Call - Friday, 11/19/21 - Mars Central Europe: Dog Management in Romania and DC Cat Count: Collaboration & Cat Population Management
Updated 11/19 at 1pm: Recording is now available to watch below!
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Hello! We hope you'll join us tomorrow for our Animal Welfare Leadership Roundup Call at 8am PT. We will update this thread with the recording and chat notes if you're unable to make the live meeting. You can also use this thread to ask any questions to our presenters we didn't get to during the call or ones that you thought of after.
Agenda
Session One: Mihaela Negrescu from Mars Central Europe will continue our international presentations. She will be sharing about animal welfare in Romania, where free-roaming dogs pose unique challenges for dog management.
Session Two: DC Cat Count: Establishing Common Ground for Collaboration & Cat Population Management
@Lisa LaFontaine, President and CEO, Humane Rescue Alliance
Dr. @John Boone, Great Basin Bird Observatory, Reno, Nevada
Dr. Tyler Flockhart, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Appalachian Laboratory, Frostburg, Maryland
Join DC Cat Count researchers to learn about the outcomes of the DC Cat Count and how you can apply them in your community. They adapted techniques from population biology and ecology studies to produce groundbreaking research quantifying outdoor, owned, and shelter cat populations in Washington, D.C., which generated the most intensive urban cat dataset ever created. The goal of this project is to develop humane, data-driven cat population management programs in communities across the nation with the DC Cat Count serving as a model.
DC Cat Count recently launched a free Cat Counting Toolkit so other organizations and communities can undertake their own cat counting projects. The toolkit includes valid protocols, tools, and training materials for quantifying cat populations and tracking the impacts of management programs that are suitable for organizations with a wide range of needs and skill sets. By taking a science-based approach to understanding the cat population in your community, you can accurately assess your organization's impact and provide stakeholder groups with a common foundation for collaboration and data-driven decision making.
11/26/21 - No Meeting (enjoy the Thanksgiving Holiday and Native American Heritage Day!)
Thank you!
#CommunityCatManagement
#CommunityPartnerships*
#DataandTechnology
#OrganizationalManagement
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Charlotte Otero
Community Strategist at Maddie's Fund
she/her
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