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  • Online Seminar – 11/3/21 and 11/9/21 – Sexual Harassment Prevention Education and Training – CVMA (fee applies)

    Online Seminar – 11/3/21 and 11/9/21 – Sexual Harassment Prevention Education and Training – CVMA (fee applies)

    Employers with five or more employees must provide sexual harassment and abusive conduct prevention training for all employees by January 1, 2021, and every two years thereafter. New supervisory employees must still be trained within six months of assuming their supervisory position and new non-supervisory employees must be trained within six months of hire. Temporary, seasonal, and other employees hired to work less than six months also require this training within 30 calendar days after the hire date or within 100 hours worked, whichever comes first.

    We understand the strain this training requirement might put on staffing, so we offering the webinar on two different dates and times for your convenience.

    The first hour of the webinar will be for all employees (supervisors and non-supervisors). There will be a 15-minute break followed by the second hour of the webinar for supervisors only so that they receive a full two hours of training.

    • Registered attendees may participate in the webinar as an individual or as a group under a single login.
    • Supervisor registered attendees will receive 2 units of CE credit, and
    • Non-supervisor registered attendees will receive 1 unit of CE credit.

    WEBSITE LINK:  https://cvma.net/learning/cvma-ce-programs-2/sexual-harassment-education-training/

  • Webinar – 8/19/21 – All Aboard! Transferring Made Easy in PetPoint – PetHealth

    Webinar – 8/19/21 – All Aboard! Transferring Made Easy in PetPoint – PetHealth

    Join us for the second webinar in our Transfer Workshop Series. In this session, we will review more details to help you utilize the most effective animal transfer solution in the industry, our PetPoint Transfer Network (PPTN). We’ll also share the new Transfer Manifest Report – a report designed to make transferring animals, even in emergencies, easier than ever before. You can also make connections with other organizations across the country and win some great prizes!

    WEBSITE LINK:  https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/4451209414563502091

  • Webinar – 9/11/21 – Neighborhood Cats TNR Certification Workshop – Community Cats Podcast (fee applies)

    Webinar – 9/11/21 – Neighborhood Cats TNR Certification Workshop – Community Cats Podcast (fee applies)

    Are you ready to be part of the solution for feral and stray cats in your neighborhood? Our expert instructors will teach you best practices for Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) and colony management. Learn what TNR is and why it works. We’ll cover getting along with neighbors, preparations for trapping, trapping itself (including entire colonies at once), feeding, providing winter shelter, and more. Take advantage of the interactive format, extensive handouts, and video footage of actual projects. Attendees will receive a certificate of attendance and gain access to an ongoing Facebook group for networking with other TNR activists. Instructed by Susan Richmond, executive director, and Bryan Kortis, national programs director.

    WEBSITE LINK:  https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/1946819891071742221

  • Feral or Friendly: Explore How Language Can Harm (or Help!) Our Mission

    Feral or Friendly: Explore How Language Can Harm (or Help!) Our Mission

    Join us on August 18, 2021, 12 PM PT/3 PM ET for a 30-minute Million Cat Challenge webinar presented by Monica Frenden-Tarant, Danielle Bays, and Julie Levy on the Language That Harms Cats. Win a trap, play a round of bingo, and do a language check in 30 fast-paced minutes!

    It may seem nit-picky, but how we talk about cats and the specific words we use influence public perception and behavior, and sometimes might even damage the very cause we dedicate our lives to moving forward. 

    In this 30-minute webinar, we’re going to look at the stories, words, and images we use to tell the story of our work and our mission. Are these words helping us? For example, does the term “feral” hamper efforts to gain public support for community cat programs? How might your fundraising appeals accidentally create a backlash against those same programs?

    We’ll have time after the webinar to figure this out together, so you may want to hang around for the post-presentation Q&A if you can block a few more minutes on your calendar.

    Grab your daubers because we’re playing bingo during the webinar!

    You know your friends at Million Cat love a good party! Head over to the Maddie’s Pet Forum to register, download your bingo cards, enter the trap giveaway contest, and continue the dialogue: https://bit.ly/WebcastLanguageThatHarmsCats

    Did you say trap?!? 

    Our friends at Tomahawk Live Trap have donated one of their new gravity traps to be given away to an attendee of this webinar. PLUS, they are including a clear plexiglass back door. The whole setup makes for a roomier trap with a quieter tripping mechanism that is more enticing for cats to enter because it looks like they can walk all the way through. This is our new favorite trap for TNR programs. 


    Register here!

  • Online Event – 9/12/21 – Online Return to Home Day – Community Cats Podcast (fee applies)

    Online Event – 9/12/21 – Online Return to Home Day – Community Cats Podcast (fee applies)

    Join Community Cats Podcast on Sunday, September 12, 2021 for Online Return to Home Day, featuring experts from the animal welfare world. We’ll explore what “home” means to a kitty, as well as the ways the animal welfare community can help cats find homes, stay in homes, and get back to their homes when they’ve wandered too far from the caretakers that love them.

    WEBSITE LINK:  https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/7017966531830232336

  • Webinar – 9/9/21 – Saving Lives Using Maps – CalAnimals

    Webinar – 9/9/21 – Saving Lives Using Maps – CalAnimals

    The use of free mapping software can be life-changing and life-saving. Who knew?! Don’t miss this webinar where we will cover how using maps can help animal welfare professionals save more lives. Some of the uses we will cover are maps used for fire evacuations, on-call shifts, community cat colony tracking, and mapping POIs for staff. Please feel free to reach out beforehand with any questions or ideas for mapping, and I will cover how to make mapping work for your use.

    WEBSITE LINK:  https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Uj3gDLR-RNOEx161owBHjw

  • Online Apprenticeship – Application Deadline 8/20/21 – SICSA Safe Pets Apprenticeship – SICSA

    Online Apprenticeship – Application Deadline 8/20/21 – SICSA Safe Pets Apprenticeship – SICSA

    When a crisis hits, it often affects the entire family, including pets. The humans involved shouldn’t have to choose between their personal needs and safety, and those of the animals they love and support. Fill out the application to apply to participate in an 11-week apprenticeship and gain many of the tools which have helped SICSA’s Safe Pets Program be so successful.

    WEBSITE LINK:  https://www.sicsa.org/sicsa-safe-pets-apprenticeship/

  • Webinar – 10/20/21 – Managing Eye Care in the Shelter Environment – The AAWA

    Webinar – 10/20/21 – Managing Eye Care in the Shelter Environment – The AAWA

    Learn about eye injury treatment and disease management both in the shelter and in foster care. This presentation will discuss common eye diseases in the shelter environment, including causes of corneal ulceration, conjunctivitis, and eye loss. Attendees will gain an understanding of the challenges of providing proper eye care to shelter animals, including staff training, equipment, and costs. The presenters will discuss:

    • Managing ophthalmologist referrals
    • Deciding which animals to send to foster and when
    • Monitoring eyes in foster care, including selecting fosters and training them
    • Getting buy-in from your staff and board to support the staff time, equipment needs, and training related to eye care

    They will review a special needs case, including how the shelter’s communication/fundraising staff raised community funds and awareness to treat an animal in need of eye care.

    This presentation is geared towards shelter medical personnel including veterinarians, technicians, as well as shelter and foster leadership.

    Presenters from Charleston Animal Society, SC:
    Lucy Fuller, DVM, Chief Veterinary Officer
    Jodi Osborne, Foster & Rescue Coordinator

    This session is part of the Shelter Medicine series, a collaboration between the Association of Shelter Veterinarians and The Association for Animal Welfare Advancement.

     

    This live and recorded program is pending approval for:

    • 1 Certified Animal Welfare Administrator continuing education credit
    • 1 hour of continuing education credit in jurisdictions which recognize RACE

    WEBSITE LINK:  https://learning.theaawa.org/p/sheltermed-10-20-21

  • Online Conference – 11/4/21 to 11/5/21 – Canadian Violence Link Conference – Humane Canada (fee applies)

    Online Conference – 11/4/21 to 11/5/21 – Canadian Violence Link Conference – Humane Canada (fee applies)

    Animal abuse often occurs before or alongside the abuse of people. This is known as the Violence Link. In a social system that is over taxed and underfunded, the sector marginalizes animal welfare even though evidence shows there is greater benefit in acting holistically, thereby providing better support for victims and reducing the vulnerability of animals and people.

    The Canadian Violence Link Conference is an innovative, ground-breaking event that examines the link between interpersonal abuse and animal abuse, looking at the vulnerabilities in both populations and how they intersect. This biennial conference brings together criminal justice system stakeholders that work to prevent and address violence against people or animals for cross-sectoral training on how to collaborate and stop the cycle of violence.

    What to Expect

    The National Violence Link Conference is an opportunity for stakeholders whose work intersects the Violence Link to gather, learn and network. You will have the opportunity to deepen your understanding of the Violence Link and learn about the latest trends and intervention strategies designed to end the cycle of violence. This two-day conference will feature interactive, engaging sessions where you can network with professionals in your region, learn how to break down silos and build important relationships that will assist you in your day to day work.

    Learning and Networking Opportunities

    • Skills to examine the correlation between human vulnerability and animal vulnerability
    • An understanding of the root causes of animal abuse and its connection to interpersonal and societal violence
    • An ability to identify the indicators of interpersonal violence and the steps to responding
    • An ability to identify the indicators of animal abuse and the steps to investigation and prosecution of these crimes
    • The opportunity to create new networks and relationship that will enhance your work toward ending violence
    • The opportunity to explore community-level partnerships and collaborations

    WEBSITE LINK:  https://humanecanada.swoogo.com/cjsr/1253225

  • Online Event – 9/14/21 – YouTube LIVE: Lepto Cliff Notes – Screen, Test and Treat Leptospirosis Better in Small Animal Practice – VETGirl

    Online Event – 9/14/21 – YouTube LIVE: Lepto Cliff Notes – Screen, Test and Treat Leptospirosis Better in Small Animal Practice – VETGirl

    About to see an azotemic, icteric, ADR, 10-pound Yorkie?

    Here’s what you need to know! Join us for a complimentary, 30-minute VETgirl–Merck Animal Health YouTube LIVE event, where Dr. Natalie Marks reviews all you need to know about canine leptospirosis! Tune in to learn what breeds get it, what lab abnormalities are “classic” for it and which ones we might miss, and how to rapidly recognize and treat leptospirosis! Learn all things lepto over lunch!

    NOTE: To attend this YouTube LIVE session, there is no “registration.” To attend, simply go to our YouTube Page at the time of the event where the webinar will be hosted, LIVE! NOTE: 7 days prior to the event the specific link for the event will replace the YouTube link above.

    Thanks to sponsorship from Merck Animal Health, this YouTube LIVE event is free to all! Get free RACE-approved CE when you watch it LIVE!

    WEBSITE LINK:  https://vetgirlontherun.com/webinars/september-14-2021-youtube-live-lepto-cliff-notes-screen-test-and-treat-leptospirosis-better-in-small-animal-practice/