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10 Most Talked-About Resources of 2021

This blog’s all you—all your suggestions, that is. Over the past year, we listened and took notes as you passed along your favorite books, tech tools, websites, links and videos. ...
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Most Popular Webinar Recordings of 2021

December 29, 2021, The Association
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Here are the 10 juiciest, most actionable and thought-provoking webinars you kept coming back to. Catch up on those you missed and let us know if they bring you any aha! moments....
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Tip of the Week: A Very Important Date

You are reading the last Tip of the Week for 2021. The clock’s ticking, so we’re getting time-sensitive and tried-and-true, thanks to Humane Network’s Bonney Brown & Diane Blankenburg. While folks...
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Best of the Blog 2021

December 24, 2021, The Association
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Here are some of your most-read posts from 2021. Whether you’re a regular visitor or reading for the first time, feel free to leave us a comment on any of...
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Rural Challenges in Animal Welfare, Part 3: One Size Does Not Fit All

In Part 2 of his series on Rural Challenges in Animal Welfare, Cole Wakefield, Animal Services Director for Good Shepherd Humane Society, discussed the availability, and lack thereof, of human resources...
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Tip of the Week: Doing It By the Numbers

December 20, 2021, The Association
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We’re back with another juicy nugget from Looking Forward: The Future of Animal Welfare, The Association’s virtual conference held earlier this month. Here’s a little pep talk for data collection, courtesy...
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The Future of Animal Welfare: Day 3 Highlights

December 15, 2021, The Association
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Day 3, and going strong. We’re loving the feedback we’re getting about the conference format of half-days and just one track–no place to be but together. We’ll be digging into...
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Member Spotlight: Get To Know Phil Arkow

You’re about to meet the real deal. A pioneer in naming and building awareness of the link between animal abuse and human violence, Phil Arkow shares his rich experience in...
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Tip of the Week: These Are The People In Your Neighborhood…

December 13, 2021, The Association
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Over the upcoming weeks, we’ll be using this space to roll out tips and resources from last week’s virtual conference, Looking Forward: The Future of Animal Welfare. Here’s an invaluable toolkit...
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The Future of Animal Welfare: Day 2 Highlights

December 9, 2021, The Association
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What happens when you get 545 animal welfare professionals together? Lots of learning, hard questions, and the opportunity to be serenaded by The Association’s Pres & CEO, Jim Tedford…. We’ll...
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The Future of Animal Welfare: Day 1 Highlights

December 7, 2021, The Association
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While we all hoped to be meeting in person this year, we’re making it work virtually again and…. wow, are you working it! With more than 500 animal welfare professionals...
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Tip of the Week: This Question Can Change Everything

It may be Monday, but we’re looking ahead to, well, Looking Forward: The Future of Animal Welfare. The 3-day virtual conference kicks off tomorrow at 1 ET, and today’s tip is...
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