Shelter Learniverse and Industry-Wide Calendar

CalAnimals Presents: Learn how to promote community-based lost pet reunification, reduce the number of stray animals entering your shelter, and identify owners of lost pets even without identification! DocuPet has designed and is now offering progressive tools—at no cost to shelters—to help pet owners find their lost pets prior to a finder having to bring them to the shelter or an ACO being called for a loose stray animal. Additionally, DocuPet has designed a Pet Record Search Tool that participating animal control agencies and shelters can access to help identify a pet owner, even if the pet does not have a tag number or microchip.

United Spay Alliance Presents: Join us on Tuesday, July 29 for a live webinar with the authors of the new report, Free-Roaming Cat Management: A Funder’s Guide to Better Impact, commissioned by the Summerlee Foundation. This timely report takes a step back to assess where we’ve been, what’s working, and how we can align our resources for even greater results. Learn what the research tells us, explore key recommendations, and consider how the animal welfare field can move forward – together – with renewed clarity and purpose.

MCVMA and AAVMP Present: In the current tumultuous political climate, knowing our rights and caring for our communities is more important than ever. Deportations are targeting BIPOC, primarily affecting Latinx and Asian-American communities. Veterinary medicine is not immune to the impacts. Our colleagues, employees, clients, and patients can all be affected. Aside from the devastating human impacts, pets could be separated from their family members with no warning or ability to plan for their care. This could lead to increased strain on shelters and rescues, increase barriers to accessing veterinary care, and lead to the loss of some of our most vulnerable veterinary colleagues. Knowing our rights can help us protect each other.

Outcomes for Pets Consulting Presents: We’ll break down the key solvable challenges and offer practical fixes that have worked time and time again to reduce length of stay, improve staff and volunteer morale, make shelters safer, and ensure every animal receives the care and attention they deserve. Dr. Sara Pizano, Jackson Galaxy, and Cameron Moore will come together for the first time to share their combined decades of experience helping shelters recover from crises, improve operations, and plan for the future.

Shelter Animals Count Presents: The rate of animals that are entering animal sheltering organizations spayed or neutered at intake are falling—and the impact of that is compounding. Join Shelter Animals Count as we unveil findings from our new Altered Status Report, a five-year national analysis of spay/neuter trends in shelter populations based on exclusive animal-level data from over 260 organizations. Special guest Dr. Julie Levy will present insights from her latest study, The Post-Pandemic Pet Sterilization Gap, providing critical context on how the pandemic exacerbated surgical shortfalls—and what we can do now to catch up.