Animal Welfare Professionals

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Thanks to everyone who joined us this morning for the Animal Welfare Leadership Roundup. The recording is now available to watch on demand and I've attached is a copy of the resources shared & the chat file. After attending the call or watching on demand, be sure to complete this form to enter to win a grant for your organization: https://www.maddiesfund.org/friday-community-conversations-jun22-giveaway.htm

Agenda
The current state of animal shelters in America

• Topic one: Current data on Shelter Animals Count
• Topic two: Shelter space crisis: discussion on urgent need for national messaging
• Host: Kristen Hassen, Director, American Pets Alive!
• The current state of animal shelters in America – shared document https://docs.google.com/document/d/19K_sYJCNKv6S5fCCKLsrayxjmpbBtDylSTq8IL6QMl8/edit?usp=sharing

National Updates

• Maddie's Fund Monthly Giveaways: Winner for May 2022 ($5,000): Karen Nichols, Lancaster SPCA (Lancaster, SC)
  • New link for June contest: https://www.maddiesfund.org/friday-community-conversations-jun22-giveaway.htm
• NACA Statement on the Potential for Expansion of Courtroom Animal Advocates Program (CAAP) Laws https://www.nacanet.org/category/position-statements/
• NACA Scholarship Link: https://www.nacanet.org/national-animal-care-control-association-course-training-application-form/
• Best Friends Conference July 7-9 in Raleigh, NC https://bestfriends.org/events/best-friends-national-conference
• Community Cats Podcast TNR certification workshop Saturday, June 4 www.communitycatspodcast.com Contact Stacy LeBaron stacy@communitycatspodcast.com
• Taking Action for Animals conference: registration is open, in DC July 15-17: https://www.humanesociety.org/takingactionforanimals
• Shelters United and Petfinder live coaching session with on-the-spot pet profile makeovers and a Q&A walk-through of Petfinder's platform featuring ready-to-use tools and techniques. Register here https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/3413556316455148559
• ASPCA roundtable webinar on June 8th talking about the issue of intake and capacity: https://www.aspcapro.org/training/webinar/northern-tier-shelter-initiative-zoomies-shelter-intake-meets-capacity-care
• Feline health conference: "Health Breakthroughs for Every Cat: FIP and beyond." July 8-9, 2022 (virtual and onsite options). https://sheltermedicine.vetmed.ufl.edu/education/continuing-education/feline-health-symposium/
• UBC Animal Welfare Program survey: Lexis (PhD student): We're looking for animal shelter and rescue staff to help us learn more about how we input shelter data into shelter software during (dog) intake! If you are a staff who deals with intake, please consider taking our survey (and share it with others!) https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9yvyF8YLAgpubMW

Session Info & Links
Topic 1: Stephanie Filer of Shelter Animals Count discusses what the current data is telling us about intake and outcomes, by region.

• Stephanie Filer, Executive Director, Shelter Animals Count https://www.shelteranimalscount.org/about/leadership/stephanie-filer/
• SAC's upcoming APIs will automate data entry and SOON you'll never have to ENTER your data again! www.shelteranimalscount.org/sac-announces-api-development-for-automatic-data-transfer-from-shelter-software/
• Shelter Animals Count data dashboards https://www.shelteranimalscount.org/data-dashboards/

Topic 2: The current space crisis in shelters across the nation. How can we use a collective voice to share this important messaging?

• General discussion about the issue. Please refer to and comment on this shared document: The current state of animal shelters in America
• Dr. Julie Levy: Shelters are not "at capacity." They are well over capacity if humane housing, behavioral support, and staffing levels are taken into the equation.

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Charlotte Otero
Community Strategist at Maddie's Fund
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