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How I Got Here: Raissa Allaire
Welcome to the latest installment of one of our newest features, “How I Got Here,” that digs into the career trajectory of an animal welfare professional and member of The...
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Is it time for a new goal?
If a shelter is aiming to achieve no euthanasia or 100% live release and they’re doing everything right…guess what? When I step into the future and see communities who have...
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Word on the Street with Lily Yap, MBA
Deep thoughts, good advice and tough talk on hot topics Welcome to our new column featuring brief, power-packed statements and sentiments from your colleagues in the animal welfare profession. Members,...
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Member Spotlight: Get to Know Judith Dumont, SHRM-CP
Get inspired. Get very inspired. You’re about to read an interview with Team Purple’s VP of People + Culture Name & Title: Judith Dumont, VP, People + Culture, SPCA of Texas...
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Shelterer or Rehomer?
Which one are you? There is one shift that can make all the difference for increasing live outcomes and supporting more at-risk animals. It is a philosophical shift from keeping...
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Hot Topic: 3 Questions about a Shelter’s Guiding Principles with Joe Elmore
We officially introduced the nine tenets of People & Animals In Community Together (PACT) this week, along with a toolkit of resources to support this initiative. Here’s what one of...
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Tip of the Week: 9 Tenets of PACT
Review the shared beliefs of a movement in sheltering that recognizes the power of community Compassion, transparency, leadership. These are the drivers of People and Animals in Community Together (PACT), a...
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Member Spotlight: Get to Know Anna-Lee Fitzsimmons
Catch Calgary Humane’s PR Director next month at the Summit for Animals. Here’s a sneak preview. Name & Title: Anna-Lee Fitzsimmons, Director, Public Relations, Calgary Humane SocietyMember of The Association for...
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Let’s Get Rid of “Them”
Dr. Weiss encourages us to pull back from assumptions about the folks who come through our doors. They just might be us. In my years and years (damn it…and years)...
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Rethinking RTO: 3 Ideas to Stop Judging and Start Strategizing
In the latest episode of The Intake podcast, experts discuss a need for a paradigm shift surrounding lost pets While it’s true that intake numbers are still below pre-pandemic 2019,...
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Member Spotlight: Get to Know Kathy Powelson
This month we check in with the founder of the small but mighty British Columbia-based Paws for Hope. Catch her in May at Humane Canada’s Summit for Animals. Name &...
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#WHM2024, Part 3: Things Change Quickly
Our three-part series in honor of Women’s History Month wraps up with smart advice and a strong dose of resilience from the Director of Fort Wayne Animal Care & Control....
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