NACA/Justice Clearinghouse Presents: During a disaster or emergency, every second counts in the animal reunification effort. A well-structured social media strategy can make all the difference in reuniting lost pets with their families. This webinar introduces an easy-to-use, template-driven approach designed for animal shelters to implement during a disaster or emergency, efficiently leveraging social media, maximizing online visibility, and reaching the right people when it matters most, supporting the animal reunification efforts from the start.

CalAnimals Presents: Unlock the secrets to successful fundraising in this workshop! Discover the essentials of building a comprehensive fundraising program that delivers results. We’ll dive into creating a powerful plan, unpacking the must-have elements to ensure a robust strategy that maximizes both funds raised and donor relationships. Take advantage of this opportunity to elevate your fundraising game!

ASPCAPro Presents: This course will cover common toxidromes encountered in veterinary medicine, including anticholinergic, cholinergic, sympathomimetic, opioid and hyperthermic toxidromes. Dr. Hopkins will provide an overview of mechanisms, clinical presentations, treatment, diagnostic testing and considerations for approaching decontamination and unknown toxic exposures.

NACA/Justice Clearinghouse Presents: Participants will delve into essential principles that underpin effective and contemporary animal control programs. The curriculum offers a comprehensive framework intended to assist organizations contemplating the establishment of an animal control program or seeking to refine their existing initiatives. It serves as a strategic guide for evaluating and optimizing program architectures that effectively serve and support communities.

Maddie’s Fund Presents: This talk will give background information regarding the online promotion of adoptable animals and will focus on the results of our recent study that analyzed the Facebook posts of several rural animal shelters to determine whether certain types of content (e.g., style/features of photos and videos, subject/tone of text, type/sex of animal, etc.) influenced engagement.

The Bridge Club Presents: Join us for a conversation on the future of accreditation for veterinary and veterinary technicians.

Shelter Animals Count Presents: To tackle the backlog of pets in shelters and rescues, boosting adoptions is essential. Join a panel of experts as they share the latest data-driven strategies for attracting adopters, matching them with the right pets and supporting them throughout the adoption journey. Gain insights into the adopter experience, from navigating online processes to visiting a local shelter, and walk away with practical tips to enhance adoptions at every stage while fostering community engagement.

Outcomes Consulting Presents: This interactive, fast-paced session will teach you how to easily integrate AI into operations to save time, streamline processes, and improve outcomes. Whether you’re just getting started with AI or looking to expand your AI toolkit, this session will provide actionable insights and real-world examples to help your team work smarter and save more lives.

UC Davis KSMP Presents: A standing-room-only presentation at this year’s Animal Care Expo reinforced what we’ve all been thinking: It’s time to move beyond the “gold standard” as the sole approach to veterinary medicine. While you may be familiar with spectrum of care and incremental care as methods to expand access, this workshop will advance those ideas by exploring contextualized care—what it is and how to implement it in shelters, community medicine and private practices. Join Dr. Sarah Mantovani, Kelly Bremken, MSSW, and Dr. Jennifer Bennett to identify barriers to care for companion animals, investigate the underlying causes of these challenges, and develop new strategies to reach underserved populations. 

CalAnimals Presents: Join Gina Knepp from Petco Love and Sarah Aguilar, Director Santa Barbara County Animal Services Division, for an engaging session that will transform your approach to lost pet recovery! Discover the exciting enhancements of the Love Lost platform, packed with innovative features designed to bridge the gap between shelters and community members. Whether you are new to the platform or a seasoned user, this session promises valuable insights on maximizing its potential.

Open Door Veterinary Collective Presents: Join Open Door Veterinary Collective for lively conversations as we explore innovative and practical solutions that organizations are using to address barriers to accessing pet care and resources in their communities. This webcast highlights how Neighborhood Pets offers adaptable strategies for innovative community building in support of human and pet well-being!

Fear Free Shelters Presents: Join Fear Free Shelters for a webinar with Melyssa Allen, MA, NBC-HWC, DipACLM, as we explore the six pillars of lifestyle medicine and their role in supporting wellbeing. We’ll focus on the core behaviors of nutrition, physical activity, and sleep, and how they influence not only our physical health but the quality of care we provide to pets every day.

MCVMA Presents: Join MCVMA and shelter medicine professionals for an open panel discussion on the recently released WSAVA guidelines on pet sterilization and the broader, ongoing debate around spay/neuter practices. We’ll explore the implications of these guidelines for access to care, equity in veterinary medicine, and how structural bias shapes the way we define and approach “responsible pet ownership.” This conversation aims to bring diverse perspectives to a complex issue impacting communities, veterinarians, and the animals we serve.

CalAnimals Presents: To event or not to event—that is the question! Join us for an engaging workshop to explore whether special events should play a role in your fundraising strategy. Learn insider tips and proven techniques to plan unforgettable events that drive success and amplify your mission. Don’t miss this chance to take your fundraising to the next level!

National Kitten Coalition Presents: Specifically designed for foster families and kitten caregivers, this webinar will provide you with crucial knowledge on recognizing early symptoms, accessing timely care, and implementing effective vaccination and cleaning protocols to stop the spread of this devastating disease. Equip yourself with the tools and confidence to safeguard the health of the kittens you care for and make a lasting impact on their lives.

Shelter Animals Count Presents: Join us for this exciting conversation with Hannah Shaw, aka “The Kitten Lady”. This session explores how better data-keeping for pre-adoption age kittens can drive lifesaving outcomes for the tiniest felines. Hannah will share fascinating new national insights from SAC’s animal-level data, uncover the challenges and opportunities of tracking kittens, and offer practical strategies to improve how we record, understand, and act on kitten-focused data.

University of Tennessee One Health Initiative Presents: In this presentation, Chris Weatherly examines reasons why “mental health” remains underexplored within One Health research and practice, while also identifying existing themes within the literature and potential future directions. He’ll also discuss his journey in becoming interested in the field of One Health and expanding its mental health component, including his work as a mental health practitioner, researching climate change and mental health, and his current attempt to synthesize the literature on “animal mental health.”