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Animal Welfare Leadership Roundup - Friday, 6/10/22 - The State of Animal Shelters Part Two: Data from Best Friends & Petfinder

  • 1.  Animal Welfare Leadership Roundup - Friday, 6/10/22 - The State of Animal Shelters Part Two: Data from Best Friends & Petfinder

    Posted 06-09-2022 12:02 PM
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    Friday, 6/10/22 Animal Welfare Leadership Roundup

    Session 1 Topic: 
    The current state of animal shelters in America, Part 2
    Speaker:  @Kristen Hassen, Maddie's® Director of American Pets Alive!

    Session 2 Topic:  2021 Best Friends Dataset. A collective ask to the nation to help get friendly, healthy lost and loose pets home without taking them to the shelter: How can we use a collective voice to share this important messaging?
    Speaker:  @Brent Toellner, Senior Director of National Programs, Best Friends Animal Society

    Session 3 Topic:  Petfinder's Listings Data
    Speaker:  @JESSICA ARNOLD, Marketing Manager, Petfinder Member/Shelter Partner Engagement


    * The full agenda, resources, and chat log from this call have been shared below *


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  • 2.  RE: Animal Welfare Leadership Roundup - Friday, 6/10/22 - The State of Animal Shelters Part Two: Data from Best Friends & Petfinder

    Posted 06-10-2022 02:46 PM
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    Thanks to everyone who joined us this morning for the Animal Welfare Leadership Roundup. I've attached a copy of the resources shared & the chat file.  After attending the call, 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 (continued discussion from 6/3/22)
      • Brent Toellner: 2021 Best Friends dataset, which shows a setback in lifesaving
      • Jessica Arnold: Petfinder data on currently available pets
    • Host: Kristen Hassen, Director, American Pets Alive!
      • We want people to adopt, foster, help get lost pets home without taking them to the shelter
      • Jerrica Owen: NACA – Data from equine welfare collective  United Horse Coalition

     

    National Updates and Resource Links

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    Session Information & Links

     

    Session 1: The current state of animal shelters in America

    Continuing the conversation about what to do. The specific things to discuss include: 

    1. Next steps for this draft news release and corresponding notes, prepared after our meeting last week
    2. Consideration of a large, national event to get pets out of shelters and what it would take
    3. Formal recommendations to shelters regarding removing barriers to outcomes
    4. A collective action of some other kind or to inspire some other kind of action. Eg. A collective ask to the nation to help get friendly, healthy lost and loose pets home without taking them to the shelter

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    Session 2:  2021 Best Friends Dataset. A collective ask to the nation to help get friendly, healthy lost and loose pets home without taking them to the shelter: How can we use a collective voice to share this important messaging?

    @Brent Toellner
    , Senior Director of National Programs
    https://bestfriends.org/about/leadership/brent-toellner

    Interactive map: Help our shelters achieve no-kill by 202
    https://www.bestfriends.org/2025

    2021 Best Friends dataset, which shows a setback in lifesaving. https://support.bestfriends.org/site/R?i=j8BmfDCF9DTxxdVrnbMMGWCbg3qod7_0_J5oUWtvQoA5LdxG8toyaA


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    Session 3:  Latest Data from Petfinder Listings
    @JESSICA ARNOLD, Marketing Manager, Petfinder Member/Shelter Partner Engagement at Nestlé Purina North America presents current data on their listings










     

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    Kim Domerofski (she/her)
    Community Manager
    Maddie's Fund
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