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Are you an animal welfare innovator?
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Calling all animal welfare innovators!
The deadline to submit your lifesaving idea for a chance at a portion of $350,000 in funding is THIS FRIDAY, February 16th. Submit your idea and then join us at Animal Care Expo 2018, May 14-17 in Kansas City, Missouri, to see the top ideas and find out the winners. Three finalists will be invited to pitch to the Innovation Investors representing several of the country's top animal welfare organizations live on stage at the Innovation Showdown. It's sure to be an exciting night, so don't miss it! Need inspiration? Check out the 2017 winners.
And if you needed any more convincing to attend Expo (yeah, right), remember that Scoop subscribers get a special $50 discount off full conference registrations. Register by March 16th using the code SCOOP1850 and you can snag a full conference registration for just $175! Are you ready to be the future of animal welfare?
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Animal Sheltering empowers shelter professionals and rescue groups to help create a world where people and animals thrive—living happy, healthy lives together through four key areas working to:
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February 2018 Scoop! is sponsored by:
Shor-Line
Introducing the Almost Home Condo, a revolutionary new feline housing product. Designed with veterinary thought leaders, the large unit has 8.75 square feet of low stress living space. We craft it from a fine-celled foam board that produces a hard but smooth outer structure with a strong cellular core. It is impervious to urine and liquids. It’s loaded with feline friendly features. LEARN MORE.
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State of the Mewnion
Survey seeks info on effective work for community cats
"As a people we have played a large part in the world, and we are bent upon making our future even larger than the past."
I don't think President Teddy Roosevelt was talking about community cat advocates in his 1902 State of the Union address, but the sentiment applies. The number and breadth of community cat programs seems to be constantly growing. Open-admission shelters and animal control agencies are employing return-to-field strategies, compassionate individuals are spurring trap-neuter-return (TNR) efforts and driving policy changes, and feral cat groups are expanding their reach in helping both community cats and their caretakers. But how do we quantify this progress? What is our benchmark? How do we show our future IS larger than our past? ... Keep reading!
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Easy riders
When transporting cats, battle
stress with familiarity
Have you ever seen the internet meme showing how dogs and cats view road trips differently?
The dog sits calmly in a car seat, floating through the bright lights and enticing purple hues of outer space. Meanwhile the cat, with his eyes closed and mouth wide open in terror, desperately sinks his claws into the seat to avoid being sucked into a swirling vortex. ... Keep reading!
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Trainings & Events
Free training/event promotion
Are you hosting an upcoming conference, training or webinar for animal welfare professionals or volunteers? We can help you spread the word by posting it on the animalsheltering.org trainings calendar. This calendar makes it easy to get your event in front of the people who need it most. It takes only a couple of minutes to fill out the form, so what are you waiting for? If you're ready to get the word out about your training, submit it to us now!
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| Keeping families together |
Retrofitting shelters for
vulnerable families
It's no surprise that 50 percent of women experiencing domestic violence feel unable to leave because they fear for their pets' lives. Nonprofit GreaterGood.org and The Jackson Galaxy Project are working to preserve and protect those families through Safe Haven. With little funding women's shelters are being renovated to accommodate pets so families can get the help that they need. Learn more and get involved.
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| Animal Care Expo |
Workshops galore!
With over 75 workshops, including learning labs, to choose from, Animal Care Expo is the place to be for top-notch training. Choose from tracks such as engaging volunteers, field services, leadership, saving cats, shelter medicine and many more. View all the workshops and plan your schedule in advance. You can increase your positive impact for animals in your community!
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Photo credits: Expo attendees by Jesus Aranguren/AP Images for The HSUS; community cat by Krista Rakovan/The HSUS; cat in carrier by Second Chance Animal Services; dog with computer by Okssi68/iStockphoto; kitten by Manki Kim; Expo workshop by Jesus Aranguren/AP Images for The HSUS; horses by Kevin Wolf/AP Images for The HSUS
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