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If you would like to earn a certificate of attendance for continuing education, please watch this webcast recording on Maddie's University university.maddiesfund.org/products/maddies-insights-gatekeeping-pet-ownership-the-impacts-of-adoption-discrimination-on-demand
Maddie's® Insights is our ongoing webcast series with practical tips based on current research to help pets and people.
Presenters from Companions and Animals for Reform and Equity:
Sloane Hawes, Chief of Research and Development
Celeste Morales, Senior Director of Research and Development
The animal welfare field has been discussing low-barrier adoption processes as a best practice for more than a decade, yet recent research by Companions and Animals for Reform and Equity has found that BIPOC families are still more likely than white families to be denied during the adoption process. The findings highlight the critical need to move discussions from “low-barrier adoptions” to “making pet ownership accessible to all.”
Attendees will learn about:
• the prevalence and impact of shelter/rescue adoption discrimination in four U.S. cities (Atlanta, Philadelphia, Miami, Minneapolis)
• solutions for increasing access to pet ownership for BIPOC families
If you would like to earn a certificate of attendance for continuing education, please watch this webcast recording on Maddie's University university.maddiesfund.org/products/maddies-insights-gatekeeping-pet-ownership-the-impacts-of-adoption-discrimination-on-demand
Maddie's® Insights is our ongoing webcast series with practical tips based on current research to help pets and people.
Presenters from Companions and Animals for Reform and Equity:
Sloane Hawes, Chief of Research and Development
Celeste Morales, Senior Director of Research and Development
The animal welfare field has been discussing low-barrier adoption processes as a best practice for more than a decade, yet recent research by Companions and Animals for Reform and Equity has found that BIPOC families are still more likely than white families to be denied during the adoption process. The findings highlight the critical need to move discussions from “low-barrier adoptions” to “making pet ownership accessible to all.”
Attendees will learn about:
• the prevalence and impact of shelter/rescue adoption discrimination in four U.S. cities (Atlanta, Philadelphia, Miami, Minneapolis)
• solutions for increasing access to pet ownership for BIPOC families
