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The Humane Society of the United States
Iguanas (and other non-natives): Management, strategy and humane control protocols
The Humane Society of the United States
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Archived Webinar
Managing Public and Free-Roaming Feline Health Concerns
The Humane Society of the United States
Disease issues can take center stage when the topic of community cats is brought up. Newspaper headlines regularly strike fear in the hearts of citizens and can mire your community cat program in debate about health concerns for both people and cats. Public health veterinarian Dr.
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Archived Webinar
The Humane Society of the United States
Learn the necessary daily steps associated with overseeing a program focused on orphaned kittens to assure that each kitten's physiological and behavioral needs are met. Take away innovative development and implementation plans for a kitten nursery program, including life saving tips on how to successfully hand-rear orphans.
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Archived Webinar
Make an Impact: Strategies for Building a Successful Shelter Partnerships
Humane Society Academy
Gain insight and access to a blueprint for building a successful partnership with a needful shelter in your community to make sustainable change. In this webinar, you will learn about the huge successes achieved through the San Francisco SPCA’s Sister Shelter Program. Stockton, California was one of the cities hit hardest by the recession.
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Archived Webinar
Disaster Preparedness Tips for Shelters and Rescue Groups
The Humane Society of the United States
It's essential for animal welfare professionals to consider all types of disasters when developing plans for their animal populations. We talk through prep strategies while taking into consideration not only those animals in your shelter, but also those who may be in foster care.
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Archived Webinar
Customer Service in Animal Facilities: Tips for Dealing with Clients
The Humane Society of the United States
Many people who choose to work with animals – in shelters, clinics and other venues – sheepishly or proudly confide that they like animals more than people. The reality is, however, that protecting and caring for animals is only half the job. Working well with people is the unexpected, and sometimes challenging, other half.
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Archived Webinar
Create an Effective Volunteer Program Series
PetSmart Charities
You'll learn how to:
- Create the program that will best serve your organization
- Find the right people to help you in the right ways
- Train volunteers and the staff who oversee them
- Keep your program growing and thriving over the long term
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Archived Webinar
Combating the Naysayers: Who Says There’s No Proof TNR Works?
The Humane Society of the United States
Due to the oft-repeated claims of trap-neuter-return opponents, it has almost become a truism “there’s no proof TNR works.” In fact, there is a wealth of published, peer-reviewed research that demonstrates TNR results in intake and euthanasia decline, nuisance abatement and population reduction, while attempts at eradication are largely futile.
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Building and Maintaining a Volunteer Program for Animal Rescues
The Humane Society of the United States
Volunteers often make up the vast majority of a rescue group’s workforce. Recruiting, motivating, and keeping great volunteers is critical to a rescue organization's mission and survival.
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Archived Webinar
All About Bunnies! Improving the Lives of Rabbits in Your Shelter
Humane Society Academy
In this archived webinar, participants will learn how to improve the lives of rabbits in shelters.
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Archived Webinar
Advanced Wildlife Handling Protocols, Tips and Techniques to Improve your Wildlife Handling Programs
The Humane Society of the United States
Recorded Webinar
From redefining success to helpful stress reduction ideas for coexisting with our wild neighbors, this free webinar for wildlife professionals will be hosted by 40-year wildlife rehabilitator and volume capture technician, Dave Pauli, HSUS Senior Adviser for Wildlife Response & Policy.
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Archived Webinar
Responding to Calls and Concerns About Bats
The Humane Society of the United States
Recorded Webinar
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.
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Archived Webinar
Adopters Welcome Policies: Remove Barriers and Increase Options for Pets in Your Adoption Program
The Humane Society of the United States
Do your adoption policies help you attract potential adopters? In the second webinar in the Adopters Welcome series learn how to identify policy barriers that work against your adoption goals and make positive changes that will enable you to engage and support more good homes. -
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Adopters Welcome Marketing: Find and Attract More Adopters
The Humane Society of the United States
The final archived webinar in our Adopters Welcome series will explore how marketing can help you overcome barriers to adoption. Discover ways to make sure you are finding and engaging all potential adopters in your community by meeting them where they are. -
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Adopters Welcome Counseling: Preparing Your Team to Engage and Support Adopters
The Humane Society of the United States
Discover how to let go of applications and embrace conversations that will set pets and owners up for success. This archived webinar will help participants set the groundwork for conversation-based adoption counseling in their program. This session will help leaders responsible for counselor training and supervision, as well as counselors interested learning valuable insights for their position -
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Adopters Welcome Counseling: Practicing the Conversation
The Humane Society of the United States
A basic conversation can be transformed into one that builds a relationship between your agency and adopters. Webinar four in the Adopters Welcome series provides tips and tricks you can use when implementing a conversation-based adoption program. Walk away with examples you can put into action immediately. This session will help leaders responsible for counselor training and supervision, as well as counselors interested learning valuable insights for their position. -
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Keeping Cats in Homes Understanding Cat Behavior: Five Big Ideas About Cats
The Humane Society of the United States
This archived webinar will explore five Big Ideas about cat behavior that serve as a foundation for providing effective cat behavior counseling to owners, and will give you the insights you need to help keep cats in their homes and out of harm’s way. -
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Keeping Cats in Homes: How to be an Effective Cat Behavior Counselor
The Humane Society of the United States
Cat behavior counseling is a proven resource that keeps cats in their homes, and yet it is an underutilized resource in the sheltering world. Building off of the first webinar in this series, this session will provide detailed and practical information on how to become a successful cat behavior counselor, in terms of how to effectively communicate with clients and properly assess cat behavior issues. -
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Keeping Cats in Homes: 5 Steps Shelters Can Take to Increase Cat Reclaims
The Humane Society of the United States
In this archived webinar, we’ll examine both human and feline behaviors that prevent lost cats from returning home. Shelter professionals will learn five steps they can start taking today to improve cat owner reclaims and decrease intake. -
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Keeping Cats in Homes: Cat Behavior in the Community
The Humane Society of the United States
Good information on basic cat behavior and care can be hard to find, especially when cat owners aren’t aware of what they don’t understand! Learn how PAWS Cat City is keeping more cats in their homes by sharing expert information and practical advice through a comprehensive online resource library, behavior helpdesk and their extremely popular, in-house Cat Behavior 101 & 201 trainings. -
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Finding Funding in a Slow Economy: Tips for Identifying and Successfully Applying for Grants
The Humane Society of the United States
Although winning the lottery would be nice, your odds on finding funding for your animal rescue are significantly better if you know how to successfully apply for grants. Learn which corporate and private grant-making organizations are out there and how to find them.
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Archived Webinar
Rabies: Myths and Misconceptions
The Humane Society of the United States
Recorded Webinar
Despite the rarity of humans contracting this disease in the United States, rabies is a highly dreaded, fatal disease for which millions of dollars are spent every year on its control.
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Archived Webinar
Resolving Wildlife Conflicts Humanely and Effectively
The Humane Society of the United States
This archived webinar will focus on ways to handle common “nuisance” wildlife conflicts over the phone and in the field– with the first vital step being on a proper diagnosis of the problem, and if it’s a true problem (needing resolution) or a fear-based problem (needing public understanding).
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Archived Webinar
The psychology of wildlife call handling and what to do about orphaned wildlife calls
The Humane Society of the United States
Recorded Webinar
This webinar will focus on:
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Archived Webinar
Can’t We All Just Get Along? Building Better Relationships between Shelters and Rescue Groups
The Humane Society of the United States
Despite shared goals of increasing adoptions and decreasing euthanasia rates, shelters and rescue groups sometimes have strained relationships. In this webinar, we discuss concerns that might lead to mistrust and ways we can move forward in healthy and productive partnerships.