Online Course – Application deadline 4/26/25 – Shelter Care Specialist Certification Program Summer 2025 Session – UC Davis KSMP Shelter Learniverse

Learn more about the next Shelter Care Specialist Certification Program session

The UC Davis Koret Shelter Medicine Shelter Learniverse Presents: Are you ready to take your career in animal sheltering to the next level? The Shelter Care Specialist Certification Program empowers frontline animal shelter workers to provide exceptional care, grounded in best practices, with a focus on improving outcomes for animals and communities. Apply by 4/26 for the summer session starting 5/26/25!

Webinar – 4/10/25 – Maddie’s Insights: Exploring Efficacy, Barriers, and Best Practices of Companion Animal Foster Caregiving – Maddie’s Insights

Two dogs hang out in their living room

Maddie’s Fund Presents: During our discussion, we will examine a variety of foster care programs that have been studied, explore the evidence of their effects on human and animal welfare, evaluate the successes and challenges in supporting shelter foster care programs, illuminate discrepancies in equity and diversity of caregiver engagement that offer opportunities for recruitment, and recommend best practices for lasting programmatic success.

Online Event – 5/20/25 – All Call – California for All Animals

Partnering for Pets, a Multicultural Community of Practice

California for All Animals Presents: The one-hour call is a dedicated space to share and learn from each other. Popular topics include initiatives that create a more inclusive culture for both staff and community, programs that keep pets with their people, industry trends, research studies, as well as the hard stuff, like what’s not working or what is particularly difficult during times of scarcity.

Webinar – 3/10/25 – Transforming Perceptions, Increasing Adoptions: The Future of Shelter Pets in California – CalAnimals

Transforming Perceptions, Increasing Adoptions – The Future of Shelter Pets in California

CalAnimals Presents: Join us for an exclusive look at CalAnimals’ new statewide advertising campaign designed to shift public perception and drive more pet adoptions. Sasha Howell, the strategic lead from Off Madison Ave, will reveal key research findings that uncover the biggest barriers to adoption—and how our campaign is strategically designed to overcome them. Register now and be a part of the change!

Online Event – 1st and 3rd Tuesdays – All Call – California for All Animals

All Call

California for All Animals Presents: The one-hour call is a dedicated space to share and learn from each other. Popular topics include initiatives that create a more inclusive culture for both staff and community, programs that keep pets with their people, industry trends, research studies, as well as the hard stuff, like what’s not working or what is particularly difficult during times of scarcity.