This calendar is a listing of webinars, other learning opportunities, online meetings and other upcoming national events related to animal sheltering and related areas of interest.

Only some of these events are produced by the UC Davis Koret Shelter Medicine Program. Most are being created and sponsored by other groups and agencies.  Being listed here does not mean that we have reviewed the material contained.  We are trying to provide a variety of resources to hopefully help make your life a little easier.  For additional information on any of these items before or after the event please contact the organizer directly (listed in the item description).

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Online Course – Begins 6/9/20 First Meeting 6/16/20 – 4 Week Online Course – Stress and the Animal in Front of You: The Impact of Stress on Behavior – IAABC

IAABC Presents: This 4 week course will help animal behavior consultants understand the impact of stress on animal behavior at each life stage and apply this information to working directly with those animals. See event listing for further details.

California Shelters – CASCAR Weekly COVID-19 Check-In Call – link in CA Group Activity Feed

UC Davis KSMP Presents: For California animal shelters - join us on Tuesdays at 10 AM for a weekly “California Shelters COVID-19 Check-In” Zoom meeting with Dr. Kate Hurley from KSMP. Zoom meeting registration link is posted in the Private California shelter’s group page.

Online Course – 6/9/20 – Common Soft Tissue Surgery Procedures – IVS

IVS Presents: A 1 day online course in common soft tissue surgery procedures including - intestinal anastomosis, surgical management of canine cystic and urethral calculi, anal sacculectomy, surgical management of brachycephalic syndrome and surgical repair of diaphragmatic hernia.

Shelter Medicine Rounds – 6/9/20 – Ideas, Commitments and Programs to Work Towards Anti-Racism in Your Organization – UW and UCD Shelter Medicine Programs

UW-Madison and UC Davis Shelter Medicine Programs Present: Shelter Medicine rounds - we want to give all of you an opportunity to share your ideas, commitments, and programs you have or are putting in place to work towards anti-racism in your organization. UW/UCD Shelter Medicine Programs just shared our commitments and you can find them here (see link in event description). Amanda and Gabrielle from Pets for Life will be joining us again and anyone is invited to this discussion so please feel free to forward to others.

Webinar – 6/10/20 – Responding to Calls and Concerns about Bats – HSUS

HSUS Presents: This webinar will examine the lives of bats in our urban communities and provide important information on how to respond to the public’s concerns about potential zoonotic disease transmission. The presentation will also focus on providing helpful guidance for agency phone and field responses that humanely and effectively resolve conflicts with bats.

Webinar – 6/11/20 – Training as Enrichment – Fear Free

Fear Free Presents: You asked, and we will answer! Fear Free Head Trainer Mikkel Becker and Education Manager Lori Chamberland will discuss some of the most common questions we’ve received from previous Fear Free training webinars.

Online Meeting – 6/11/20 – Best Friends COVID-19 Town Hall – Moving Beyond Bias with Care: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Animal Welfare – Best Friends

Best Friends Presents: A COVID-19 Town Hall meeting. Moving Beyond Bias with Care: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Animal Welfare Town Hall- Join us for a discussion with animal welfare leader and president of Companions and Animals for Reform and Equity (CARE), James Evans. Joined by Best Friends CEO Julie Castle, James will talk about how the animal welfare movement got to where we are today and how we move forward.