HASS Presents: The session highlights new data, stories, and tools that help organizations design more empathetic, effective support systems. Attendees will leave with practical strategies to integrate these findings into daily operations and long‑term planning.

Maddie’s Fund Presents: Meeting both the physical and psychological needs of dogs living in animal shelters is a challenging proposition. Negative environmental inputs, such as excessive noise, restrictive kenneling, and social isolation, contribute to compromised canine welfare. Dr. Lisa Gunter will present her research findings from a recently published study about weeklong fostering and co-housing.

ASPCAPro Presents: This course provides up‑to‑date training on four emerging toxins in veterinary medicine: oclacitinib, acrylamide, GLP‑1 receptor agonists, and 7‑hydroxymitragynine (a primary kratom alkaloid). You’ll learn how each toxin affects pets, where exposure commonly occurs, how to recognize clinical signs, and current best practices for diagnosis and treatment.

The Center for Pet and Family Well-being Presents: This webinar will explore: the significance of the human–animal bond; common and complex grief responses; types of grief unique to pet loss; and opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration across social work, veterinary medicine, and healthcare.

NACA/Justice Clearinghouse Present: In this webinar, you’ll learn how to create a simple yet powerful wildlife tracking system and see how that data can transform into compelling maps and visual stories using low-cost (or even free) tools. We’ll also feature a real-world case study from our Shelter Mentorship partners at Harker Heights Pet Adoption Center in Texas, showing how data tracking reshaped their approach to wildlife and community engagement.

Life of Riley at Spring Point Presents: This presentation dives deeper into the breeder category framework JVR Strategies first introduced during Life of Riley’s virtual conference in October 2025. The framework organizes breeders into several categories and offers one way to describe these groups, helping bring greater clarity and alignment to conversations about the breeding landscape.

Best Friends Presents: Whether you’re a shelter leader, manager, staff member, or volunteer — this webinar is for anyone looking for practical, achievable ways to test new ideas, build momentum for change, and move lifesaving efforts forward — one pilot at a time. Save your seat and join live!

AAVMP Presents: Please join us for our second AAVMP webinar focused on wellness to celebrate AANHPI month!

HASS Presents: Our next HASS Connect is all about ADOPTIONS! What’s working right now and what’s standing in our way. We want to hear from you: Is your community seeing success with low-barrier adoptions or creative off-site events? Are you struggling with longer lengths of stay for large dogs or the impact of housing restrictions?

NACA/Justice Clearinghouse Presents: This webinar will explore how these criminal enterprises overlap, what that means for animal care and control officers in the field, and how understanding these connections can improve investigations and outcomes.

MCVMA Presents: This session features Dr. Sohaila Jafarian, discussing her chapter, The Value of Qualitative Research in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Together, we’ll explore how qualitative research can surface lived experiences, deepen understanding of inequities, and inform more responsive, effective approaches to care, education, and leadership. Join us for a thoughtful, interactive discussion that connects research to real-world application.

Best Friends Presents: Recruiting veterinary professionals is hard. Keeping them can feel even harder. In this webinar, we’ll review the literature on veterinary wellbeing and staff retention, with a focus on animal shelter medicine. We’ll discuss organizational and leadership strategies that improve job satisfaction, reduce burnout risk, and help staff not only stay in the field, but enjoy their lives outside of work too.

CalAnimals Presents: When a crisis hits, your message matters as much as your mission. This session offers a practical, real-world look at crisis communications in animal welfare, including how to respond quickly, protect public trust, navigate media scrutiny, and lead with transparency when emotions are high and the stakes are even higher. Participants will leave with actionable strategies they can apply before, during, and after a crisis.

Best Friends Presents: Learn about the free tools that can help organizations of all sizes identify transfer opportunities, strengthen collaboration, and better understand regional shelter and rescue trends in your region — with practical examples of how partnerships are formed and maintained, and how data can help identify gaps and opportunities within existing networks.

Community Cats Central Presents (small fee applies): Led by Neighborhood Cats’ experienced and knowledgable presenters, this workshop is packed with practical advice, field-tested techniques, and inspiration to help you develop your trapping skills make a real difference for community cats. If you’re new to TNR, you’ll gain the essential skills needed to kickstart your TNR journey, while experienced trappers can refresh and sharpen their techniques.

Humane World for Animals Presents: In this webinar, you’ll learn how to create a simple yet powerful wildlife tracking system and see how that data can transform into compelling maps and visual stories using low-cost (or even free) tools. We’ll also feature a real-world case study from our Shelter Mentorship partners at Harker Heights Pet Adoption Center in Texas, showing how data tracking reshaped their approach to wildlife and community engagement.

Best Friends Presents: Join our expert panel for a practical, no-jargon session on how New World Screwworm could affect your organization and the animals in your care. We’ll cover what’s happening on the ground right now, what it means for intake and transport, and what steps you can take today to protect animals and keep your lifesaving programs running. Expect real, actionable guidance on prevention and shelter preparedness, plus an open Q&A so you can get answers to your specific questions and concerns.

With so many dogs coming into our shelters and spending more time in our care, it’s common that we are faced with behavioral challenges to address. The most concerning, of course, is aggression, and behavior expert Kelley Bollen will lead this session to take a deep dive into why dogs exhibit aggressive behavior, the different […]

Humane World for Animals Presents: • Is your agency or organization overwhelmed with panicked calls from the public about wildlife problems? Do you spend staff time and energy dealing with these calls? If so, this webinar is for you! We will share our top 10 tips for taking calls from the public about wildlife, to help you resolve problems over the phone in a matter of minutes!