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COVID-19 A Year Later: Q&A with Metro Denver CAT
Earlier this year, we shined a spotlight on Metro Denver CAT. This model coalition conducts TNR and connects residents with spay/neuter and wellness resources for both owned and community cats. You...
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7 Ideas for Employee Appreciation Day
This Friday, March 5, marks Employee Appreciation Day—a day to honor staff achievement and contributions across all industries. And what amazing contributions so many of your teams have made since last...
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Winning Idea: El Paso Animal Services’ GIS Map Helps Get Lost Pets Home
The Association’s Pres & CEO, Jim Tedford, recently sat down with Pethealth Inc.’s Steve Zeidman and the winners of the 2020 Diane & Bob Hoover Annual Innovation Award. Read on for...
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3 Qs with a Lobbyist (and how you can become an animal advocate, too)
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...
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Conference Catch-Up: Are Good Intentions Contributing to Systemic Racism?
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...
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Pandemic Playbook: How to Recruit, Support & Engage Volunteers Virtually
During the Fall Virtual Conference earlier this month, Arizona Humane Society’s Sara Cruz-Mora outlined why technology is a necessity for successful volunteer onboarding. She also shared some great remote roles...
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Master These 4 Skills to Become a Compassionate Badass
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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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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Fall Conference For Animal Welfare Day 3: 5 Key Takeaways
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
“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
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
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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