Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
Our speaker today in conversation with Dr. Raye Taylor, CEO/CMO, Taylor Veterinary Services; Vice President, Minnesota Board of Veterinary Medicine :
Dr. Michelle Moyal, Veterinary Communications Manager for Purina North America
Co-host: Donnell Randolph, Advisory member for Cal 4 All
What are veterinary barriers to collaborating with shelters, rescues, and fosters. What to understand that a veterinarian needs for support in order to help groups, why free service is a barrier, and how having a gameplan, funding support, and empathy might lead to more functional and sustainable relationships.
To access the full agenda and resources from this call or to ask questions of our speakers, visit https://maddies.fund/communityconversations5525
About Community Conversations, hosted by Maddie’s Fund: When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in early 2020, animal sheltering transformed overnight. Foster-based sheltering, home-based employees and volunteers, along with collaboration galvanized our communities. The pandemic, along with social injustice, has motivated our industry to look at how we partner with our communities and confront our own biases. Shelter and rescue staff across the country began talking on a weekly basis, offering support and innovative ideas to do things differently. To learn more about these calls, visit forum.maddiesfund.org/communityconversations
Chapters:
00:00 Welcome
06:11 National updates
09:20 Presentation
Our speaker today in conversation with Dr. Raye Taylor, CEO/CMO, Taylor Veterinary Services; Vice President, Minnesota Board of Veterinary Medicine :
Dr. Michelle Moyal, Veterinary Communications Manager for Purina North America
Co-host: Donnell Randolph, Advisory member for Cal 4 All
What are veterinary barriers to collaborating with shelters, rescues, and fosters. What to understand that a veterinarian needs for support in order to help groups, why free service is a barrier, and how having a gameplan, funding support, and empathy might lead to more functional and sustainable relationships.
To access the full agenda and resources from this call or to ask questions of our speakers, visit https://maddies.fund/communityconversations5525
About Community Conversations, hosted by Maddie’s Fund: When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in early 2020, animal sheltering transformed overnight. Foster-based sheltering, home-based employees and volunteers, along with collaboration galvanized our communities. The pandemic, along with social injustice, has motivated our industry to look at how we partner with our communities and confront our own biases. Shelter and rescue staff across the country began talking on a weekly basis, offering support and innovative ideas to do things differently. To learn more about these calls, visit forum.maddiesfund.org/communityconversations
Chapters:
00:00 Welcome
06:11 National updates
09:20 Presentation
