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The Forgotten Pets of Domestic Violence: 3 Things to Think About
It’s Thursday, and that means we’re rolling out another brilliant idea in our Innovation Bank of short, pre-recorded webinars. Today we’re looking at an especially important, unfortunately overlooked topic—the animal victims of...
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4 Questions with Dr. Michael J. Blackwell
The animal welfare field is lucky to have forward thinkers, those who are ahead of the curve on recognizing challenges and identifying innovative solutions. One such forward thinker is Dr....
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Best Practices: New Standards for Transport During COVID-19
Brad Shear, CAWA, chair of The Association’s Best Practices and Emerging Trends Committee and Board of Directors, shares important updates to the Best Practices Guidelines for Companion Animal Transport. Use...
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How to Rock Your Next Virtual Meeting
How has the pandemic changed the way your organization communicates internally? We’re betting one change is virtual meetings—and lots of them. How are these meetings conducted—and what’s successful/not-so-successful about them?...
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Get Them Home and Help Them Stay There: Disaster Response & Radical RTO
At the start of the pandemic, animal shelters focused on moving homeless pets out, clearing space for the pets of the sick and deceased who had no other place to...
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Creating Dog-Friendly Rental Communities: 3 Things You Need to Know
In 2016, nearly 20% of the dogs taken in by Pet Alliance of Greater Orlando were surrendered because of landlord and housing issues. In order to keep more pets (read:...
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COVID-19 Eviction Crisis: 4 Ways to Utilize Data To Help People & Their Pets
In early August, experts projected that an estimated 30 million–40 million renters could be at risk of eviction by year’s end. And with 72% of renters owning pets, the animal welfare...
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4 Tips for Optimal Medical Staffing for Shelters & Clinics
Your medical team is going through some big changes right now. With mandated social distancing measures, all procedures are taking longer, and staff has had to adapt to curbside veterinary...
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Are You Expecting Your BIPOC Employees To Educate You?
An open letter to white leadership in animal welfare As national uprising against racial inequity continues, employers across the United States are urgently looking to find ways to create cultures...
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3 Tips for Growing a Robust Emergency Animal Sheltering Team
As part of our new Innovation Bank of short, pre-recorded webinars, every week we’ll be rolling out a brilliant idea from one of your colleagues in the field. This week we’re taking...
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Member Spotlight: Get To Know Dr. Cristie Kamiya
What happens when your Chief of Shelter Medicine has a DVM and an MBA? You just might become the first-ever organization to meet all 543 of the Association of Shelter Veterinarians’ standard-of-care...
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3 Quick & Juicy Virtual Adoptions Tips
Earlier this summer, we posted Dr. Cristie Kamiya’s account of how Humane Society Silicon Valley has been dealing with—and overcoming—many of the challenges brought on by COVID-19. The Milpitas, CA, agency...
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