Beyond the Save Rate: Integrating People into the Sheltering Equation

Beyond the Save Rate: Integrating People into the Sheltering Equation

Thursday, February 29 at 5 p.m. CT

Having a 90% or higher save rate has become the gold standard for measuring the success or failure of an animal shelter or rescue, and it will continue to be an important metric. The problem is that the save rate focuses only on a singular point in a complex societal issue. The more the animal welfare industry learns about people and pets, the more we realize that the trouble is less about the pets in the shelter and more about the “people problems” that put them there to begin with. Dr. Ellen Jefferson, President and CEO of Austin Pets Alive!, covered this topic in her recent Psychology Today article. Now, she’s joining us alongside Cole Wakefield, Executive Director of The Good Shepherd Humane Society, to discuss in a live webinar. Read the article, bring your questions, and join us to participate in what is sure to be a lively discussion. Vincent Medley, Maddie’s® Director of Human Animal Support Services, will moderate. 

Register below and join Human Animal Support Services live on Thursday, February 29 at 5 p.m. CT. After the live event, a recording will be distributed to all registrants within 3 business days.

https://zoom.us/webinar/register/2616740581796/WN_BbAxiIkKT5a0npxBae_Aaw