Overcrowding compromises care, stalls decision-making, and burns out shelter teams, fosters, and volunteers. On 10/29 "Shelter Traffic Jam" live-streamed webinar will deliver practical tools to reduce harm, move animals faster, and make humane outcome decisions with confidence. ๐ Learn more and register here
Shelter Traffic Jam: Quick Wins to Clear the Way and Keep Animals Moving
Shelter overcrowding pushes animals, staff, and systems past the breaking point. Stress rises, care suffers, and teams feel stuck. Whether you're frontline staff, a volunteer, a foster parent, in leadership, or a veterinary professional, you can take steps that make an immediate difference.
Hosted by the UC Davis Koret Shelter Medicine Program's Shelter Learniverse (as part of Maddie's Million Pet Challenge), this webinar brings together national leaders in shelter operations and welfare to help teams navigate today's toughest challenge - overcrowding. With decades of combined experience improving outcomes in shelters of all sizes, Dr. Cindi Delany and Dr. Kate Hurley will share practical, research-informed strategies to protect animals, staff, and communities when capacity is stretched to the limit.
You'll learn how to:
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Balance intakes and outcomes for better welfare
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Use daily monitoring and pathway planning to move animals faster
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Recognize warning signs that put animals and staff at risk
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Apply harm-reduction strategies to protect health and well-being
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Make confident, humane decisions when no safe live outcome exists
๐ Approved for 1.5 hours of continuing education credit by RACE, CAWA, and NACA.
Can't make it live? Register anyway - all registrants will receive access to the recording and resources through the UC Davis Koret Shelter Medicine Program's Shelter Learniverse - www.shelterlearniverse.com. #ThanksToMaddie!
๐ Register on Zoom(When you register, you'll have the option to submit questions for the speakers.)
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October 29, 2025 RESCHEDULED DUE TO ZOOM OUTAGE - November 12, 2025ยท 10:00โ11:30 a.m. PT
๐ฉโโ๏ธ Presenters: Cindi Delany, DVM, KPA-CTP, FFCP; Kate Hurley, DVM, MPVM, DABVP (Shelter Medicine)
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Cindi Delany, DVM, KPA-CTP, FFCP
Director of Online Learning
Maddie's Million Pet Challenge
UC Davis Koret Shelter Medicine Program
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