While running for Governor, Gavin Newsom made a promise to all Californians and to the over 100,000 shelter animals still euthanized annually: Ensure that all California communities have the resources they need to meet the state’s goal that no healthy or treatable dog or cat is euthanized in an animal shelter. The desire to eliminate … Continue reading “Governor Newsom Proposes $50M Investment to Help California’s Homeless Animals”
There’s a new, different, better experience coming to the Maddie’s® Million Pet Challenge Learniverse, and it’s designed with your feedback, your busy schedules, and your big goals in mind. The Spring 2023 Shelter Summit and Fast Tracks will give you the opportunity to learn by doing, create the change you want to see, and go further together with your colleagues … Continue reading “Spring 23 Shelter Summit and Fast Tracks”
It’s always better when we work together. Whether you’re a shelter veterinarian looking to discuss infectious disease protocols, a field representative ready to expand your lost and found programming, or a kennel manager prepping to train your staff on Capacity for Care, we’ve built an ecosystem where peer-peer support, expert coaching, and resource-sharing are waiting to … Continue reading “Join Our Communities”
Our person We’re looking for a seasoned shelter professional who is ready to roll their sleeves up and apply their years of shelter operation and animal care experience to a program that is designed to scale humane, community-centered practices to shelters of every type. If you share our passion for supporting shelters in reaching their … Continue reading “Private: Reach Out to Join Our California Outreach Team”
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Shelter consultations offer a powerful way to help shelters provide humane care and save homeless animals’ lives. They can also be expensive and time-consuming, since they require travel and accommodations for shelter health experts. Searching for a more scalable, cost-effective way to bring lasting change to shelters, Dr. Hurley and her team launched a pilot … Continue reading “Capacity for Care Bootcamp 2.0 Begins”
Every year, the Humane Society of the US puts together their Animal Care Expo, the largest educational conference for animal shelter professionals in the world. This month, as in years past, shelter veterinarians from the Koret Shelter Medicine Program were there, teaching, learning, and helping move the field forward. Drs. Karsten, Delany, and Hurley convened … Continue reading “KSMP Leads Kitten and Housing Discussions at HSUS Animal Care Expo 2019”
What we’re looking for The Koret Shelter Medicine Program is on a mission to ensure no healthy or treatable animal is euthanized in a California animal shelter and instead receives the right care, at the right time, in the right place, to the right outcome. To do this, we’re offering the veterinary support, leadership training, … Continue reading “Private: KSMP Seeks California Manager”
Selected publications by KSMP shelter veterinarians. Wagner, D. C., Hurley, K. F., Stavisky, J. H. (2018). “Shelter housing for cats: Principles of design for health, welfare and rehoming.” Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery 20(7), 635-642 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1098612X18781388 Wagner, D. C., Hurley, K. F., Stavisky, J. H. (2018). “Shelter housing for cats: Practical aspects of design and construction, and adaptation … Continue reading “KSMP Team Research & Publications”
ISSUE 2 // VOLUME 3 OR 4. BUT WHO’S COUNTING? BAD CAT HOUSING BY MANDY NEWKIRK Working in the arena that we do, I think it’s fair to say we’ve all had an “I can’t believe this is my job” moment- or forty. Searching the internet for a urine-scented candle definitely makes forty-one for me. … Continue reading “SHELTER MEDICINE TIMES”
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