Whether you’re curious about implementing a community cat program or already have one at your shelter that you’d like to improve, Community Cat Programs Legal Considerations, the latest course in the Maddie’s® Million Pet Challenge Shelter PALS Legal Series, has you covered.
Community cat programs provide significant benefit to cats, community members, and shelters—there’s a reason Return to Field, which we now call Return to Home, was one of the five key initiatives of the Million Cat Challenge, helping shelters save over four million cats to date! Despite widespread support and documented success of these programs, questions about the legality of sterilizing, vaccinating, and returning unowned, healthy free-roaming cats to their homes can arise.
In this short, Maddie’s® Million Pet Challenge Learniverse self-paced, on-demand training module (SPOT mod), Bruce Wagman, Lead Counsel for San Francisco SPCA’s Shelter Policy and Legal Services (Shelter PALS) program, explores what community cat programs (CCPs) are, explains why CCPs are needed, and describes how effective CCPs operate within legal considerations.
You’ll learn how your shelter can address cat overpopulation and help cats thrive where they are by implementing humane, life-saving, evidence-based community cat programs, and you’ll leave with a list of important dos and don’ts surrounding:
- Cat Eligibility
- Intake Procedures and Flow Through the Shelter
- Returning Cats to Their Outdoor Home
- Program Data Collection
- Engaging Shelter Staff and Gaining Community Support
This course has been approved for 1.0 unit of CE by CAWA, NACA and RACE.
Other courses in the Maddie’s® Million Pet Challenge Shelter PALS Legal Series
Animal Intake Requirements and Holding Periods Legal Considerations
Finder Foster Legal Considerations
Learn more about the Maddie’s®️ Million Pet Challenge Learniverse.
