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SUMMARY:Webinar - 3/11/26 - Getting to Our Goals: Rethinking Community Engagement to Support Our Mission - Best Friends
DESCRIPTION:Success in animal welfare today is about more than outcomes—it’s about relationships\, and to reach our long-term goals\, we must authentically engage with our communities\, without judgement. This webinar explores how equitable\, community-centric practices can dramatically improve outcomes for animals and people alike. Participants will explore evolving best practices and walk away with tools to reshape policies\, partnerships\, and messaging that truly reflect their values and goals. We’ll discuss impactful questions: Can you tweak your adoption process to decrease judgement and help more pets? Is your public messaging building trust with your community? How can we engage everyone in our work\, particularly those in which we may not agree? Leave this session energized after re-imagining what the future of animal welfare could look like if we engage the full spectrum of our communities. \nPresented by: Dr. Abbie Atteberry DVM\, MS\, CAWA\, Elite FFCP\nNational Shelter Medicine; Best Friends Animal Society \nWEBSITE LINK: https://bestfriends-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/4717437859110/WN_iRsWQsmFS4aikwy3tfGwsg
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SUMMARY:Webinar - 3/12/26 - Human Commonalities - HASS
DESCRIPTION:This webinar explores how shared human experiences shape the way people seek help\, connect with services\, and make decisions about their pets. Participants will learn how these insights can strengthen community‑centered programming and improve outcomes for both pets and families. 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. \nWEBSITE LINK: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_aVr-u-zVQAOlSO2SgyLrZw#/registration
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SUMMARY:Webinar - 3/12/26 - Maddie's Insights: Early Life Stressors and the Behavior and Physiology of Rescue Kittens - Maddie's Fund
DESCRIPTION:Maddie’s® Insights is our ongoing webcast series with practical tips based on current research to help pets and people. Join us in March for a webinar on how early-life stress affects rescue kittens’ behavior and health. Our speaker is Dr. Jennifer Vernick\, a veterinary behavioral medicine resident at Atlantic Veterinary College\, UPEI in Canada. \nAcross species\, early-life stressors\, such as inadequate nutrition\, maternal separation\, unreliable access to shelter\, threats/abuse\, and disease\, profoundly affect brain development and behavior. Research has shown these stressors can impair cognitive\, emotional\, and social functions as well as alter the body’s stress response systems\, particularly the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis. In kittens specifically\, early nutritional stress and maternal separation have been linked to learning deficits\, abnormal fear responses\, increased aggression\, and altered play behavior. \nAt the end of this webinar\, you will: \n\nbe able to identify several different examples of early life stressors\nunderstand why hair cortisol concentration (HCC) may be useful to measure\nbe able to provide potential reasons for high and low HCC\nunderstand why relative telomere length (RTL) is measured\nbe able to provide potential causes for shortened telomeres\nbe able to provide examples of how early life stressors were associated with the behaviours that rescue kittens displayed during testing\n\nEarn continuing education credit from The Association for Animal Welfare Advancement towards 1.0 CAWA CEs. This webinar has also been pre-approved for 1.0 continuing education credits by the National Animal Care & Control Association (NACA). It has also been submitted for 1 hour of continuing education credit in jurisdictions which recognize RACE approval for on-demand viewers. We will post the recording on Maddie’s University a day or so after the live webcast. \nGuest Speaker:\nJennifer Vernick\, BA\, DVM\nBehavioural Medicine Resident\nAtlantic Veterinary College\, UPEI \nREGISTER: https://maddies.fund/MIwebcastsRegister
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SUMMARY:Webinar - 3/12/26 - Friend or Foe\, My Dog Doesn’t Know: Finding Relief when Dogs Fear Strangers - ACVB (fee applies)
DESCRIPTION:Dogs can develop a fear of strangers for many reasons. Often\, the intensity of fear escalates over time\, creating distress for dogs as well as for their caregivers. Early recognition and appropriate intervention may prevent both the development and progression of fear yet common canine communications are often overlooked or misinterpreted. For therapy to be effective and humane\, it is important to determine the emotional components contributing to the behavior. This webinar will discuss a practical approach to recognizing\, assessing and managing fear of strangers in canine patients. \nSpeaker: Ellen M. Lindell\, VMD\, DACVB \nWEBSITE LINK:  https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/5112443649528767580
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