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Master These 4 Skills to Become a Compassionate Badass

December 14, 2020, The Association
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Jessica Dolce, MS Certified Compassion Fatigue Educator, shared skills for “Practicing Compassionate Badassery” and coping with COVID-19 during The Fall Virtual Conference on December 2. In case you missed it—or...
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Dog Day Foster and Field Trip Programs: 5 Reasons Why They Rock!

It’s time for another installment of our Innovation Bank, a series of short, pre-recorded webinars featuring replicable programs and processes. Today, we highlight Kelly Duer, a Foster Care Specialist for...
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Member Spotlight: Get To Know Amy-Jo Sites

For the first time in 17 years, Animal Care and Control of Fort Wayne has gone 10 months without euthanizing a cat or kitten for space. And when Amy-Jo Sites...
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Four Things Adopters Should Know About Animals on Psychotropic Medications

December 7, 2020, The Association
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Did you catch The Role of Psychopharmacology in Shelter Animal Management, presented by Karen van Haaften, DVM, DACVB, earlier this fall? As a follow-up to the presentation, we’re sharing some additional...
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Fall Conference For Animal Welfare Day 3: 5 Key Takeaways

December 4, 2020, The Association
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Going into The Fall Virtual Conference for Animal Welfare, we brought with us some learnings and experience from the spring conference—but WHOA. The attendees—all record-breaking 1,170 of you!—really took our...
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Fall Conference For Animal Welfare Day 2: 5 Key Takeaways

December 3, 2020, The Association
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“I stepped away from my desk/makeshift studio this morning for 2 minutes and came back to this,” laughs The Association’s Jim Tedford about the scene in the above photo. “And,...
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Fall Conference For Animal Welfare Day 1: 5 Key Takeaways

December 2, 2020, The Association
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Sure, we knew a little about what to expect based on the Spring Conference for Animal Welfare. But after The Association’s President & CEO Jim Tedford announced that we’d shattered...
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Letter From the President on Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

November 30, 2020, Jim Tedford
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Dear Colleagues, As we in the United States find ourselves amidst a racial reckoning, I will tell you that my vision for animal welfare has never been clearer:  The animal welfare...
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Stories from the Field: Anicira Veterinary Center

November 24, 2020, The Association
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To learn more about what’s going on with our colleagues in the field, we’ve been checking in with some agencies to see how they’re faring. Here’s the scoop from Anicira...
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Bookmark It: Kitten Resource Center

This week’s installment in our Innovation Bank series of short, pre-recorded webinars highlights the wealth of programs, forms, guides, and SOPs in San Diego Humane Society’s Kitten Resource Center. San...
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Spotlight on: Tree House Humane’s FeLV+ Adoptions Program

It’s that time again! We’ve been rolling out a new short, pre-recorded webinar in The Association’s Innovation Bank every week since September, and today the spotlight’s on Tree House Humane Society...
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Member Spotlight: Get To Know Phil Nichols

It’s not every day you meet a Chief Operating Officer who’s an RVT, too. Oh, and a CAWA. Read on to learn how Toronto Humane Society’s Phil Nichols combines all...
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