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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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.

Webinar – 6/14/20 – Crash, Bang, Hide! Diagnostic Tools & Treatment Options for Noise Aversion in Dogs – VETGirl Sponsored by Zoetis

VETGirl and Zoetis Present: In this complimentary 1-hour, online VETgirl webinar, Dr. Margaret Gruen, DVM, MVPH, PhD, DACVB (Behavior) discusses canine noise aversion (AKA noise anxiety or phobia). Learn the clinical presentation and management including environmental and pharmacologic treatment options for canine noise aversion… just in time for July 4th fireworks!

Webinar – 6/15/20 – Introducing Highly Reactive and Aggressive Dogs – A Case Study – Ken Ramirez – Karen Pryor Academy

Karen Pryor Academy Presents: Ken will share the case study of a project he conducted from 2013 through 2015 in Chicago. He will explore the challenges and protocols he followed in working with four dogs rescued from Chicago area shelters. Three of the dogs were severely reactive, one was a trained fighting dog, and all had a bite history. The protocol followed was an introduction protocol, not an aggression treatment protocol. Although the project resulted in a significant reduction in aggression, the protocol was designed to teach animals how to live together and how to cohabitate. Ken will share the details of the protocol and share the steps he used to teach the dogs to work cooperatively and live together.

Animal Welfare – Online Conference – 6/16/20 – 6/17/20 – The Association for Animal Welfare Advancement – The AAWA

The AAWA Presents: Even before the COVID-19 pandemic impacted us, this conference was designed to help attendees closely examine ways to build resilience, both for themselves and the organizations they represent. Now those messages seem all the more timely and relevant.  Come, learn how to take better care of yourself as well as the people and animals in your community.