Karen van Haaften, DVM, DACVB

Veterinarian, British Columbia SPCA

Karen van Haaften is a board-certified veterinary behaviourist and the Senior Manager of Behaviour and Welfare at the British Columbia SPCA. In her shelter behaviour medicine role, she supports 36 networked sheltering branched with their behaviour caseload, and also consults on cruelty investigation cases and provincial animal welfare policy work. Her research interests include psychopharmacology, behaviour modification for under-socialized cats, and humane training methods.