Maddie’s Fund Presents: Prepare for Kitten Season with expert guidance! Join us in this follow live question and answer session. This will provide time for your team to catch up on any sessions they may have missed from Camp Maddie Kitten’s first day on March 4th, to browse the extensive collection of supporting documents, protocols, and forms, and to bring forward any remaining questions and obstacles encountered in enhancing your kitten programs.

California for All Animals Presents: Join the call on March 18 to learn how Monika Khuc, LMFT and Community Support Manager at WAGS Pet Adoption in Westminster, California, helped implement a social work-informed approach to address barriers faced by diverse communities, including the Vietnamese community. By centering diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging principles, WAGS prioritized the human-animal bond and keeping pets and families together. 

Maddie’s Fund Presents: Join us on the fourth Thursday of every month as we talk about dog and cat behavior – supporting pets in our community and animal shelters. Each month, we hear from speakers about topics of interest to our group, such as behavior medications, modifying animal behavior, assessing and improving animal welfare, and how organizations successfully provide behavior support to dogs and cats.

California for All Animals Presents: We’ll be joined by Claudia Otis (Founder and Executive Director, The Little Lion Foundation) for an open discussion on how community cat programming can support kittens and cats as well as the community members who care for them. Add your voice and experience to the conversation, and make sure to invite your community cat program colleagues!

Maddie’s Fund Presents: In this presentation, Stephanie will share insights on how she got the dog foster program off the ground, built a thriving online community, and engaged foster caregivers. She’ll dive into the impact of their field trip program, provide practical tips on fostering engagement within your online groups and discuss how she works foster care into the shelter’s communications regularly. Whether you’re just starting out or looking to grow, you’ll leave with actionable strategies to boost your canine foster program!

Community Cats Podcast Presents (small fee applies): Are you ready to be part of the solution for feral and stray cats in your neighborhood? Our expert instructors will teach you best practices for Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) and colony management. Learn what TNR is and why it works.

Community Cats Podcast Presents (fee applies): This event features some of the animal welfare industry’s most trusted authorities on feline behavior, who will lead a variety of workshops covering a wide range of cat behavior concerns—from managing vet visits and providing enrichment to addressing litter box issues and navigating multi-cat households.

Maddie’s Fund Presents: This session provides staff and volunteers with the practical tools to assess and respond to feline body language using the Fear Free FAS (Fear, Anxiety, and Stress) scale. Participants will learn how to identify stress signals, improve observational skills, and apply strategies to enhance human-cat interactions. Through interactive exercises and video demonstrations, attendees will gain the confidence to advocate for the cats in their care, promoting better welfare and adoption outcomes. 

Maddie’s Fund Presents: From kids to grandparents, and even resident pets, there can be a lot of interaction going on in foster homes. So, how do we keep these environments safe and healthy for our foster animals? In this webinar, we’ll explore practical, safe, and effective sanitation tips tailored to foster homes. By the end, you’ll know even more than you already do about creating and maintaining clean, nurturing spaces that support your foster animals’ recovery and wellbeing.

Community Cats Podcast Presents (small fee applies): Are you ready to be part of the solution for feral and stray cats in your neighborhood? Our expert instructors will teach you best practices for Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) and colony management. Learn what TNR is and why it works.

California for All Animals Presents: On May 6, Director Alma Torres will discuss the Fresno Animal Center team’s approach to community engagement. Join the call to learn how Fresno is fostering a more inclusive organizational culture and advancing welcoming practices, including reaching more adopters by offering bilingual support.

California for All Animals Presents: As food banks face funding cuts, communities are mobilizing to ensure individuals and families have access to food without judgment. At the next community of practice at the All Call, Laura Lampley, Miguel Ruelas, Jorge Delgado, and Cel Jimenez will share Pasadena Humane and Humane Society of Sonoma County’s approaches to multicultural community engagement and supporting pet guardians experiencing food insecurity.

Maddie’s Fund Presents: What do we mean when we recommend that puppies are ‘socialized’? Is there a role for mom in this? What about the home or environment into which the dog is born? Are the recommendations the same for puppies adopted young and older pups? When should puppies be adopted? What about pups that have some early trauma or neglect? What can we fix and what can we prevent? This webcast will review each of these issues, identify factors to which we should pay more attention, and discuss when interventions may help and what those could be.