Animal Welfare Professionals

Hi everyone, With kittens and puppies arriving at many of our organizations in bucket loads, there's no better time to learn about puppy socialization. Mark your calendars for Thursday, May 22 at noon PT/3 pm ET, where we'll be learning all about it with renowned veterinary behaviorist, Dr. @Karen ... See More

Claire, your platform sounds amazing! I appreciate your insight and would love to chat. I will reach out in the next week or so. ------------------------------ Michelle Laizure Master's Student at SUU Rescue Volunteer Las Vegas, NV -------------------- See More

Laurel, thank you for taking the time. I really appreciate your perspective. ------------------------------ Michelle Laizure Master's Student at SUU Rescue Volunteer Las Vegas, NV -------------------- See More

@amanda bandings It truly is difficult to understand why there is so much push back against ESAs. However, there does seem to be a strong need for education for landlords, business owners, pet owners and people without pets. Most landlords are concerned about the property damage. I understand ... See More

Wow this is super helpful! Right now for our behavior cats I have a white board in my office for the staff that work with them to see, but I love the idea of having a trello board for volunteers to be able to see that as well. I just finished a few training manuals for my staff about objective language ... See More

Hello! Faunalytics is excited to host our fourth annual remote symposium, Fauna Connections , for animal advocates scheduled for September 18th, 2025 (tentatively 12:00pm-5:30pm EDT). We invite academics and scientists from the social and behavioral sciences, or related disciplines, to submit ... See More

Hi Michelle! This sounds like a really cool (and important!) capstone project. I've fostered 70+ animals for different orgs in the Northeast and have had some similar experiences in terms of what you described. My sense has always been that everyone is doing their best in high-stress environments, often ... See More

Fostering is such a tricky subject but usually it always comes down to more communication. Rescues that solely rely on fosters to care for animals will have a much different experience than those that have the capacity to care for animals at their facility and expectations would be different in each ... See More

We'd love to know some places to shop for shirts, and/or design them, so we could join in! Catherine www.aapaw.org ------------------------------ Catherine Morrison President Alamo Area Partners for Animal Welfare (AAPAW) TX ------------------------------ See More