Legal Meets Best Practices – California Focus (course available on Maddie’s U)

Expert Legal Tips and Best Practices for Your California Shelter, On-Demand

What happens when experts in animal sheltering and California animal law come together to create the ultimate webinar series for shelters? Immediate clarity on the letter of the law, common shelter scenarios solved, and helpful legal tips translated into best practices you can apply today. It’s all available for free on-demand, #ThanksToMaddie!

In Legal Meets Best Practices, DVM Cindi Delany and attorney Bruce Wagman cut through the legalese, distill key takeaways, and get right to the practical, “What does this mean for me and my work?” guidance.

After this series, you’ll understand how California laws and regulations can align with your shelter policy to reduce unnecessary intakes and shorten shelter stays.

You’ll also get clear on intake and holding period requirements and learn how to flex community cat and finder-foster programming to manage shelter populations, get animals home fast, and prioritize intake for animals who are most in need of care in the shelter.

If you’ve ever wondered…

• Which cats are eligible for community cat programs and what practices should be avoided?
• What are exceptions to California-mandated holds and do they differ for public and private shelters?
• For finder-foster programming purposes, does it matter if the animal is not housed at the shelter?

You’ll find answers to these questions and many more, all illustrated through fun and concrete real-life case study examples. How would you handle Francesca the Fearful Neighborhood Cat or Otto the Offensively Worried Large Breed Dog? Would it align with state mandates or best practices for your shelter and community?

Find out today at Maddie’s® University! You’ll also find downloadable Legal Hold Cheat Sheets to post in your shelter for quick reference. Have more questions? Join the ongoing discussion with the presenters at Maddie’s® Pet Forum.

The Legal Meets Best Practices webinar series is brought to you by the Maddie’s® Million Pet Challenge Learniverse at the UC Davis Koret Shelter Medicine Program, San Francisco SPCA’s Shelter PALS program, and CalAnimals. By sharing our diverse expertise and working together to find the intersections where California law impacts animal shelters, we’ve formulating holistic shelter practices that allow you to better leverage the law.

These webinars have each been approved for 1.5 hours (3 total hours) of Certified Animal Welfare Administrator (CAWA) continuing education credit by The Association for Animal Welfare Advancement (AAWA) and by National Animal Care and Control Association (NACA), as well as for 1.5 hours (3 total hours) of RACE continuing education credit.