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Co-hosts:
Cait Yoshioka, Marketing Communications Project Manager, Maddie's Fund
Dr Sara Pizano, founder of Team Shelter USA, a national, full-service animal welfare consulting firm that helps funders, organizations and municipal leaders learn and use proven best practices for animal well-being. She is also a consultant with Maddie’s Pet Million Challenge, a cohort dedicated to helping communities build programs to keep families and their pets together. Dr Pizano is the author of The Best Practice Playbook for Animal Shelters and the new Go-To Guide for Animal Services.
Guest: Cameron Moore oversees shelter engagement for the Maddie’s Million Pet Challenge, a project of Maddie’s Fund®, the Shelter Medicine Program at the University of Florida, and the UC Davis Koret Shelter Medicine Program
Cameron Moore is a top animal welfare consultant and a leading expert in community cat programs. After hundreds of assessments across the country for more than a decade, Cameron has a unique bird's eye perspective on successful programs and what it takes to transition. She has been an impactful change agent that has led to reduced shelter intake with solution driven pathways, shorter lengths of stay, improved enrichment for pets and better work environments for shelter staff and volunteers. In this interview, Cameron will talk about the common misconceptions in shelters and practical answers to the toughest questions.
To comment or ask more questions about this meeting, please visit https://maddies.fund/communityconversations6826
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
Co-hosts:
Cait Yoshioka, Marketing Communications Project Manager, Maddie's Fund
Dr Sara Pizano, founder of Team Shelter USA, a national, full-service animal welfare consulting firm that helps funders, organizations and municipal leaders learn and use proven best practices for animal well-being. She is also a consultant with Maddie’s Pet Million Challenge, a cohort dedicated to helping communities build programs to keep families and their pets together. Dr Pizano is the author of The Best Practice Playbook for Animal Shelters and the new Go-To Guide for Animal Services.
Guest: Cameron Moore oversees shelter engagement for the Maddie’s Million Pet Challenge, a project of Maddie’s Fund®, the Shelter Medicine Program at the University of Florida, and the UC Davis Koret Shelter Medicine Program
Cameron Moore is a top animal welfare consultant and a leading expert in community cat programs. After hundreds of assessments across the country for more than a decade, Cameron has a unique bird's eye perspective on successful programs and what it takes to transition. She has been an impactful change agent that has led to reduced shelter intake with solution driven pathways, shorter lengths of stay, improved enrichment for pets and better work environments for shelter staff and volunteers. In this interview, Cameron will talk about the common misconceptions in shelters and practical answers to the toughest questions.
To comment or ask more questions about this meeting, please visit https://maddies.fund/communityconversations6826
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
