Please join us for 4 info-packed meetings with time for your questions. You need only register once and you’ll get a confirmation email with a single link you can use to log on each time.
All huddles start at 12n Pacific. They will be 20-minute presentations followed by 30 minutes for Q+A.
On September 21, Dyanna Uchiek (Portsmouth Humane) and Sandra Solis (Best Friends for Life) will be presenting on the following Return to Home practices:
4. Organization embraces a culture of Return to Home
- Staff/volunteer position dedicated to pet reunification is created or expanded
- Organizations create internal SOPs, tracking system and Return to Home goals
- Staff/volunteers are recognized/rewarded for successful reunifications
- LOS and cost of care for strays vs. cost of returning in field is recorded, analyzed
and shared
- Stories of successful reunions are shared with team, stakeholders and
community members
- Every member of organization is trained in lost and found practices (e.g.,
Maddie’s University Lost Pet Reunification course)
- Lost and found practices are discussed at time of adoption or Return to Home,
including species-specific information
- Return to Home policies include keeping/returning Community Cats to their
environment
5. Organization works with community to help facilitate Return to Homes
- Partnerships exist with local businesses (e.g., veterinarians, pet supply stores),
community centers and churches and other partners
- Volunteers in high stray intake areas foster lost animals and help look for owners
- “Finder to Foster” programs are implemented and used before animals are
brought to shelter
- Utilities companies help find contact information for owners
Upcoming:
Wednesday, September 28
Regulations and laws encourage Return to Home / Other
With Glenda Davis (Animal Rez-Q, Inc.) and Mike Wheeler (Cabot Animal Support Services)
