Dr. Hurley began her career as an animal control officer in 1989 at the Santa Cruz SPCA, a private shelter providing field and sheltering services to the community in Santa Cruz, CA. She enjoyed the job more than she ever could have imagined, especially the feeling that she was able to help people take better … Continue reading “Kate Hurley, DVM, Program Director”
Throughout her KSMP career, Dr. Karsten has helped to identify and implement best practice protocols and capacity for care models at shelters across the United States and Canada. Initially this was done primarily through onsite shelter consultations. Dr. Karsten’s recent work has focused on leading shelter medicine Bootcamps, concentrated six-week courses for shelter leaders. The Bootcamps combine … Continue reading “Cynthia (Cindy) Karsten, DVM, Director of Outreach”
We’re proud of the adaptability and resourcefulness being shown by so many California shelters in response to the coronavirus pandemic. At the beginning of April 2020, we began convening a weekly zoom call to help in the sharing of ideas, processes, and protocols being implemented and tested throughout the state. The group that arose from … Continue reading “CASCAR: California Animal Shelter COVID Action Response”
Spreading the love to ALL on Valentine’s Day. [The launch event is now available to view below] California shelters and their communities are invited to join the California for All Animals online launch party on February 14. The kick-off event marks the beginning of a five-year project to improve the lives of at-risk animals in … Continue reading “UC Davis Koret Shelter Medicine Launches $50M Program for Shelter Animals”
Note: As of March 3, 2022, applications for this job are no longer being accepted. Our person We’re looking for a veterinarian who shares our mission of making change easier for the shelter leaders who are implementing new or expanded visions. You’d be joining the outreach team dedicated to doing that great work, which is … Continue reading “Private: Join Team KSMP as a Facility Use and Design Veterinarian”
Update Feb. 14, 2022A Promise Kept: the Animal Shelter Assistance Program, aka California for All Animals, is now a reality. Browse to californiaforallanimals.com for more information. In the FY 2020-21 budget, Governor Newsom proposed $50 million in one-time General Fund dollars for the Koret Shelter Medicine Program to develop a program that provides expertise, support, … Continue reading “California for All Dogs and Cats”
To work within their C4C, a sheltering organization must determine and sustain their ideal population. In doing so, they will enhance animal health and welfare and minimize length of stay (LOS) while maintaining or improving on their goals for adoption or other positive outcomes. “It’s one of the best things we’ve ever done here! It had the biggest … Continue reading “Capacity for Care (C4C)”
The Koret Shelter Medicine Program always wants to share its expertise in the most efficient, effective manner, and that often means experimenting with new outreach methods. In that spirit, KSMP veterinarians Denae Wagner, Cynthia Karsten, and Kate Hurley led four shelters in various stages of planning new facilities or redesigning old ones in a first-of-its-kind … Continue reading “Shelters Complete First-Ever Facility Design Bootcamp”
Dr. Cindi Delany, DVM, KPA-CTP, FFCP, is the Director of Online Learning for the Maddie’s Million Pet Challenge at the Koret Shelter Medicine Program (KSMP) at the University of California, Davis (UCD). With a BA in Business/Economics from UCLA and a DVM from UC Davis, Dr. Delany has devoted over 24 years to the field … Continue reading “Cindi Delany, DVM, Maddie’s Million Pet Challenge Director of Online Learning”
Calling all veterinarians with shelter medicine and HQHVSN expertise looking to scale your impact! If you’re a veterinarian who has dedicated your life’s work to helping animals and people in the shelter environment and believe that your vision for improving those conditions could be realized if only ____________, this very well may be the day … Continue reading “Why Shelter Medicine?”
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