Animal Welfare Professionals

On Thursday, April 2, 2026, join Maddie's® Monthly Foster Connection at 12pm PT/3pm ET. Jordana Moerbe, Director of Lifesaving Partnerships and Medical Care at Austin Pets Alive!, will be discussing how animal shelters can shift from a kennel-centric medical model to a foster-centric clinic ... See More

Hi. I took in a pregnant cat a couple of weeks ago who had her babies a couple of days later. She's a sweetie and her babies are doing great. They are staying in my 550sq ft workshop with climate control. I have been asked to take in another pregnant mama. Would it be bad to put her in the workshop ... See More

Thank you for providing those links, Karen! I did the training with F4R almost 2 years ago now. It has made a big difference at our rescue for our kittens. All the resources CAT provided made it easy to adapt it to our rescue. We are a small org with a few staff, so implementing it is taking time, but ... See More

We loved putting it together! Glad you enjoyed it! ------------------------------ Laurie Lawless Shelter Behavior Consultant Shelter Behavior Integrations VT ------------------------------ See More

I want to share something that didn't sit right with me, and I'm hoping some of you can tell me whether it's common or whether I just caught one shelter on a bad day. A while back my partner and I went in looking for one dog. Just one. We were nervous first-timers and figured one was plenty. ... See More

Thank you for such great info! ------------------------------ Sheila Iyengar Nagi Foundation ------------------------------ See More

We us the Smart Weigh baby scales. They are $41 but seem to last a long time! https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01IC7P3GS?ref=fed_asin_title&th=1 ------------------------------ Andy Lawless Foster Program Coordinator Denver Animal Protection CO ------------------------------ See More

Hi Daniel, Not sure where my response went so sending again-LOL. Thank you for your kind words and welcome to Community Conversations! ------------------------------ Sara Pizano ------------------------------ See More

Thank you for your kind words, Daniel, and welcome to Community Conversations! ------------------------------ Sara Pizano ------------------------------ See More