The role of field services is not limited to enforcement of public safety, but should be embraced as the first responders to pet support services and community engagement! This often includes a primary responsibility of their role to pick up lost pets and transporting to the shelter in the hopes an owner would retrieve them. HASS asks, what if this wasn’t the only method for field services to support lost pet reunification?

In honor of ACO Appreciation Month and to continue our conversation on lost pet reunification, HASS welcomes you to join Jace Huggins, VP & Chief of Humane Law Enforcement at San Diego Humane Society and Mike Wheeler, Director of Cabot Animal Support Services, as they discuss how to unite with your local animal control team to support less lost pet intake and more keeping families together.

WEBSITE LINK: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/7017380094930/WN_kcSfw6pNSo-SnOOIqK7sbA#/registration

Join us this Wednesday, April 2nd, at 6 PM ET as Dr. Ann Hohenhaus, Senior Veterinarian and Director of Pet Health Information at AMC, discusses the ongoing bird flu outbreak—how it spreads among wild birds and domestic poultry, and what it means for pets. Learn about the potential risks, the latest developments, and the steps you can take to help protect your pets from this potentially deadly disease.

With special guest Dr. Sally Slavinski, Public Health Veterinarian at the New York City Health Department, who will share insights from investigating recent bird flu cases in NYC cats.

This is a free, online-only event hosted via Zoom. The Zoom link will be emailed to all registered participants the day of the event. Please email UsdanInstitute@amcny.org with any questions.

WEBSITE LINK: https://app.glueup.com/event/avian-influenza-bird-flu-what-pet-owners-need-to-know-137798/

Join us for a panel discussion, “Multicultural Engagement Strategies to Increase Pet Adoptions,” in support of the 2025 California Adopt-A-Pet Day. Panelists include Christina Lee (StellaFirma Strategies), Debra Olmedo, RVT (Patitas y Palabras), Elsa Ramos (Oakland Animal Services), and Monika Khuc, LMFT (WAGS Pet Adoption).
Drawing from their diverse lived experience and expertise in community engagement and organizing, pet adoptions, animal behavior and veterinary medicine, the panelists will share strategies for engaging multicultural communities to build trust and boost pet adoptions. The discussion will cover the importance of multilingual outreach, the value of colloquial translations, and their direct impact on pet retention and adoption.

The California for All Animals team will share statewide findings about multicultural engagement and how their free translation services are impacting shelters and animal control agencies across California.

WEBSITE LINK: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_LA83_1cQRYC06CENBj5FLw#/registration

Life of Riley’s community has grown to encompass stakeholders in animal advocacy and the pet industry, academia and government agencies, human service providers as well as veterinary clinics and animal shelters. We believe everyone has a role in co-creating a better world for human and non-human animals and remain committed to building and supporting platforms that foster trust, listening, and relationship building amongst diverse stakeholders. To this end, we have invited Reos Partners to lead our next webinar on Systems Change and Collaboration. Reos Partners has worked with stakeholders holding disparate views and interests on a range of issues — from land reform in South Africa to educational reform in Brazil — to co-create sustainable solutions to these complex social challenges. Join us on Zoom to learn about and explore these approaches in the context of complex animal welfare challenges.

Register here: https://www.ticketleap.events/tickets/springpointpartners/systems-change-and-collaboration-to-improve-animal-welfare-890173240

This year’s California Adopt-a-Pet Day will take place on Saturday, June 7th, and the ASPCA will once again, be providing grants to underwrite the waived adoption fees. Last year’s event was a huge success, with 3,609 adoptions, and for 2025 we have a new goal of finding loving homes for 5,000 dogs, cats, horses, and other small animals. As the media outreach and paid advertising drive more adopters to your door, we want to help you prepare and maximize this opportunity to send as many pets home as possible. Join us for this informative session where leaders from Ventura County Animal Services and Woods Humane Society will share their strategies for success. You’ll hear how they do their promotions, ramp up volunteer support, prepare staff, orchestrate the large number of adoptions, and ensure that as many animals as possible are ready to go. You’ll also learn about the great resources available to assist by our promotions expert from the ASPCA.

WEBSITE LINK: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_MuN-IPMEQYa-MWepnd9OCw#/registration

Seeking new techniques to improve the way increased intake is managed? Join Kaycey Adair, Case Manager of Greenville County Animal Care and Amanda Foster, HASS Programs Director, as they discuss strategies you can use to better understand the “why” behind animals entering the shelter, address immediate pet support needs and easily connect people with social service resources to aid in avoiding unnecessary intake all together.

Register below and join us March 25th at 1 p.m. CST!

For more information on Intake Triage Project which informs this discussion, visit: www.humananimalsupportservices.org/intake-triage

Register now: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/7017380094930/WN_2UQgmTmQQbmCplRI3x25iw