This calendar is a listing of webinars, other learning opportunities, online meetings and other upcoming national events related to animal sheltering and related areas of interest.

Only some of these events are produced by the UC Davis Koret Shelter Medicine Program. Most are being created and sponsored by other groups and agencies.  Being listed here does not mean that we have reviewed the material contained.  We are trying to provide a variety of resources to hopefully help make your life a little easier.  For additional information on any of these items before or after the event please contact the organizer directly (listed in the item description).

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Webinar – Wednesdays 3/23/22 to 4/13/22 – Alive and Thriving Series with Kelley Bollen – Humane Network

Virtual

Humane Network Presents: This four-session webinar series presented by Kelley Bollen, MS, CABC, is specifically designed for staff at animal shelters, rescues, and nonprofit veterinary clinics, and will cover reading dog and cat body language and safe humane handling; stress recognition and reduction in the shelter; enrichment for shelter dogs and cats; how animals learn and training dogs and cats in the shelter.

Free

Webinar – 4/13/22 – Finding and Recruiting a Dream Team – The AAWA

Virtual

The AAWA Presents: What are the best places to find qualified candidates? Are your job postings marketing pieces, or are you just copying and pasting your JDs? Like some simple screening and interviewing techniques to help you find the right fit? In this session, we will dive deep into the best ways for maximizing your up-front candidate sourcing and recruiting efforts.

Free

Webinar – 4/13/22 – Handling “Nuisance” Wildlife Calls – NACA/Justice Clearinghouse

Virtual

NACA/Justice Clearinghouse Presents: Getting calls from the public about opossums stuck in garbage cans? Foxes denning under sheds or porches? Woodchucks nibbling in the garden? Learn how to give simple tips and instructions to the public over the phone (without your having to dispatch an officer!) so that they can solve conflicts with wildlife in an effective, humane, and long-term manner.

Free

Webinar – 4/5/22 and 4/13/22 – Alternatives to Declaw – CVMA (fee applies)

Virtual

CVMA Presents (fee applies): This presentation aims to provide the veterinarian with talking points for a welfare-centered communication with owners of cats with scratching problems, hopefully eliminating the need for the very controversial surgical approach. We will address the importance of cats performing normal behaviors, such as appropriate opportunities to scratch, and will explore humane solutions that are based in understanding the nature of this behavior.

$25 – $120

Webinar – 4/13/22 – Where Will the “Good” Dogs Come From? A Look at the Current and Future Landscape of Dog Acquisition – HSVMA

Virtual

HSVMA Presents: How can a consumer feel confident that they will find a healthy, long-lived dog who will make a behaviorally sound pet? How do we convince clients to be patient and understand they shouldn’t order puppies online as if they were sweaters? These are difficult and controversial questions; this webinar is just the beginning of the conversation. 

Free