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| Date | Type | Icon | Title | Title | Audience | topicslookup | species |
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| 20181204 | Presentation | presentation | The Role of Public Health in Animal Sheltering |
The Role of Public Health in Animal ShelteringJeanette O'Quin, DVM, MPH, Clinical Assistant Professor, Shelter Medicine and Veterinary Public Health, Ohio State University College of Veterinary MedicineDecember 2018
This presentation discusses how sheltering practices in the U.S. are impacting public health internationally, in particular Ethiopia. Learn More |
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| 20180301 | Blog | blog | Tips for working with local lawmakers on animal issues |
Tips for working with local lawmakers on animal issuesMarch 1, 2018What is the single biggest mistake animal advocates can make when trying to work with lawmakers on animal issues in their communities? Ryan Clinton, who helped make Austin, Texas the largest no-kill city in the U.S., says this: “It’s for advocates to go to their city hall, make a presentation, be roundly ignored, and conclude… Learn More |
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| 20161105 | Presentation | presentation | Best Friends Society's Legislative Work to Save Them All |
Best Friends Society's Legislative Work to Save Them AllRichard Angelo, Jr., Lee Greenwood and Elizabeth OreckFebruary 2017How legal issues affect you and ways you can help change things for animals. Learn More |
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| 20161104 | Presentation | presentation | Advancing the No-Kill Movement through State and Local Politics |
Advancing the No-Kill Movement through State and Local PoliticsBrenda CollierJanuary 2017Learn how you can make a difference by advancing the No-Kill movement in your area through local and state politics. Learn More |
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| 20161104 | Presentation | presentation | Breed Restrictions in Housing - Panel Discussion |
Breed Restrictions in Housing - Panel DiscussionTawney Hamond, Scott Giacoppo, Lindsey OrtizJanuary 2017The panel covers how breed restrictions impact "pitbull" terriers and what can be done to remove or bypass the restrictions. Learn More |
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| 20150220 | Presentation | presentation | No-Kill Political Advocacy |
No-Kill Political AdvocacyRyan ClintonFebruary 2015Learn how animal advocates in Austin, Texas, put no-kill on the City's public-policy agenda, and how you can do the same for your community. Topics include writing press releases, strategies for communicating with public officials, learning how to handle opposition and spreading your lifesaving message. Learn More |
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| 20150220 | Presentation | presentation | Companion Animal Legislation |
Companion Animal LegislationRyan ClintonFebruary 2015Passing well-crafted legislation can be a key way to change the world for companion animals. This session covers municipal and state-focused legislative topics including rescue-access laws, city No Kill mandates, banning the gas chambers and regulating puppy mills. Learn More |
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| 20150220 | Presentation | presentation | Holding Out for a Hero |
Holding Out for a HeroBecky Robinson and Kayla ChristianoFebruary 2015The movement to save cats has been gaining steam for 25 years and while TNR and other no-kill initiatives are in the news every day, it can still feel like your community isn’t changing at all. You’re angry and frustrated that your local shelter or animal control impounds and kills healthy animals and you wish someone would step in and fix it. After all, you’re only one person, right? Learn More |
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| 20150220 | Presentation | presentation | The Little Shelter that Could...and DID! |
The Little Shelter that Could...and DID!Sgt. Karl BaileyFebruary 2015Discover how Sgt. Karl Bailey, with a small staff and a group of committed volunteers, changed a high kill city shelter to no-kill in just 120 seconds - and with a budget of less than $30,000 per year! Learn More |
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| 20150220 | Presentation | presentation | Beyond Labels: Advocating for all Dogs, with the Love-A-Bull Team - Part 1 |
Beyond Labels: Advocating for all Dogs, with the Love-A-Bull Team - Part 1Leala Ward-VinsonFebruary 2015Take a look into the ways that advocacy on individual and community levels can have a positive impact on treating all dogs equally, eliminating breed-related stigmas, abolishing outdated policies and improving the chances for targeted breeds to find homes and their families access to resources. Learn More |
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| 20150220 | Presentation | presentation | Beyond Labels: Advocating for all Dogs, with the Love-A-Bull Team - Part 2 |
Beyond Labels: Advocating for all Dogs, with the Love-A-Bull Team - Part 2Megan RansomFebruary 2015Take a look into the ways that advocacy on individual and community levels can have a positive impact on treating all dogs equally, eliminating breed-related stigmas, abolishing outdated policies and improving the chances for targeted breeds to find homes and their families access to resources. Learn More |
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| 20150220 | Presentation | presentation | Beyond Labels: Advocating for all Dogs, with the Love-A-Bull Team - Part 3 |
Beyond Labels: Advocating for all Dogs, with the Love-A-Bull Team - Part 3Lindsey OrtizFebruary 2015Take a look into the ways that advocacy on individual and community levels can have a positive impact on treating all dogs equally, eliminating breed-related stigmas, abolishing outdated policies and improving the chances for targeted breeds to find homes and their families access to resources. Learn More |
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| 20150220 | Presentation | presentation | Taking Different Paths to No-Kill |
Taking Different Paths to No-KillMichael and Pam KitkoskiFebruary 2015Learn how Rockwall Pets has taken two municipal open-admission shelters to no-kill status in Rockwall County, TX. Each shelter required a different tactic. There's more than one way to get it done! Learn More |
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| 20150220 | Presentation | presentation | No-Kill Kansas City |
No-Kill Kansas CityBrent ToellnerFebruary 2015In 2011, the city of Kansas City, MO put out an RFP for private organizations to run the city shelter; a shelter with a long history of being a high-kill shelter. When the deadline for bids passed, there were no bidders to take on the project. So a small group of advocates used the city's 3-week extension to build a business plan to successfully bid on, and take over, the city shelter contract. Learn More |
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| 20150220 | Presentation | presentation | The Bastrop Experience: The Road to Saving More Lives |
The Bastrop Experience: The Road to Saving More LivesErica Thompson and Amanda SmithFebruary 2015After a rough first year in 2012, the mostly rural Bastrop County Animal Services in Texas was well on the path to significantly increase their save-rate. Take a look at how they did it. Learn More |
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| 20150220 | Presentation | presentation | The Law & Liability for Shelters & Rescues |
The Law & Liability for Shelters & RescuesRyan ClintonFebruary 2015Learn how shelters and rescue groups can implement strategies to limit their liability for saving lives. Learn More |
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| 20120801 | Article | article | Tips for Working with Local Lawmakers: An Interview with Ryan Clinton |
Tips for Working with Local Lawmakers: An Interview with Ryan ClintonAugust 2012Ryan Clinton shares the strategy for working with local lawmakers that helped Austin, TX, set an aggressive no-kill goal for their city – which has been saving more than 90% of its animals for more than a year now. Learn More |
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