Animal Welfare Professionals

Join us for a brand-new season of Maddie's Insights: Practical tips based on current research to help pets and people. This presentaion was recorded on Thursday, September 12, 2024 at 12n Pacific / 3p Eastern for one hour. Our speaker is @Seana Dowling-Guyer . She is the Associate Director ... See More

Thanks to the 199+ people and paws who joined us on today's Community Conversations call! The recording is now available to watch on-demand. Below you'll find a recap of today's call and the resources shared. Call Recap Welcome from hosts @Raye Taylor , CEO/CMO, Taylor ... See More

My shelter is in the process of forming volunteer committees, something I am very excited about as we can create more oppurtunities to build up our program and utilize the skill base in our community. This has also provided us the oppurtunity to have students complete unpaid internships with us. I am ... See More

This message was posted by a user wishing to remain anonymous We are having an issue with this. Our ACO does not pick up cats (even though its part of city code) and good sams think they are saving everyone by picking up every single animal. Here's where we are having problems, citizen 1 picks up stray ... See More

Unfortunately, we use PetPoint, which hasn't been the easiest to navigate. We have drop off times for surgery- but we only have one veterinarian, so they start at 10am and want check ins done before 9am. ------------------------------ Fern Weatherman Customer Relations Manager Saving Grace Pet Adoption ... See More

Yes, we started doing 2 adoptions per 30-minute intervals. It just gets hectic if we have 2 scheduled for 12 (when we open) and then have 5 other people adopting as they come in (unscheduled). I know it's a good problem to have, it's just hectic for my team! ------------------------------ Fern Weatherman ... See More

Also, try looking at Wells Fargo Philanthropic/grants, Bank of America Grant Portal, NPO Connect. These are portal to private foundations, and many of them are area specific and/or prefer to cater to small organizations and/or start ups! Be prepared to have your tax ID, and budgets, etc ready - they ... See More

A few of these aren't working anymore, but this is where I started: https://charitypaws.com/grants-animal-shelters-rescues/ ------------------------------ Monica Lowe Development Support Specialist/Matchmaker NORTHWEST ORGANIZATION FOR ANIMAL HELP WA ------------------------------ See More

Ours are called directors. We have a Clinic Director and an Operational Director. One covers our med team for the adoptable animals plus our spay/neuter clinic; the other covers everything else. The Executive Director covers the whole shelter, above them. ------------------------------ Monica Lowe ... See More