The Association Blog

AlignCare’s Director of Ops has done it all—and she gives a great movie recommendation to boot! Read on to meet this animal welfare superstar. Name: T’ FisherMember of The Association for...

Member Spotlight: Get To Know Dr. Katie Broaddus

February 9, 2021, The Association

Veterinary Care

OK, everyone, buckle your seatbelt, this Q&A with the Chief Operations Officer at Austin Humane Society is going to be a fun ride. Oh, and the story of one of...

3 Qs with a Lobbyist (and how you can become an animal advocate, too)

January 12, 2021, The Association

Development

With citizen lobbying an emerging form of civic participation, and more and more Americans interested in advocating for positive change in their communities, there’s no better time for our 3-part...

Member Spotlight: Get to Know Dr. Chumkee Aziz

January 11, 2021, The Association

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Veterinary Care

In her role at The ASPCA, Dr. Aziz focuses on proactive shelter population management and infectious disease prevention in shelters. In her volunteer role as President of the Association of...

Conference Catch-Up: Are Good Intentions Contributing to Systemic Racism?

December 28, 2020, The Association

This past summer, The Association’s Katherine Shenar, Dallas Animal Services’ Ed Jamison, and Steve Zeidman of Pethealth, Inc, started an important conversation about systemic racism in animal care and control...

Member Spotlight: Get To Know Amy-Jo Sites

December 8, 2020, The Association

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...

Fall Conference For Animal Welfare Day 3: 5 Key Takeaways

December 4, 2020, The Association

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...

Fall Conference For Animal Welfare Day 2: 5 Key Takeaways

December 3, 2020, The Association

“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,...

Fall Conference For Animal Welfare Day 1: 5 Key Takeaways

December 2, 2020, The Association

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...

Letter From the President on Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

November 30, 2020, Jim Tedford

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...

Member Spotlight: Get To Know Phil Nichols

November 9, 2020, The Association