Methods used to treat distemper, the illness manifestations and treatment course, and nurturing the people caring for these pets in foster and adoptive homes.

In an effort to save all of the injured and ill animals at the city shelter, Austin Pets Alive! developed a program for parvo treatment in the shelter that prevents contaminating the entire shelter.

It’s estimated that tens of millions of feral and stray cats freely roam the streets of the United States and breed rapidly. What to do?! Trap-neuter-return (TNR) is the only method proven to be humane and effective in controlling free-roaming cat population growth. This webinar is intended for people with very little or no knowledge about feral cats and TNR.

This presentation is designed to help shelters, rescues, and advocates better serve the pit bull dogs in their community and increase adoptions.

Learn America’s history of discrimination against different groups of dogs, how our attitudes, not facts, created the crisis confronting “pit bull” dogs, and how a truer understanding of dogs can inspire us to break the cycle of discrimination once and for all.

The importance of preventing disease, and handling disease appropriately when it occurs, cannot be over-emphasized.  This lecture takes a multi-faceted approach at the numerous obstacles to disease prevention, and provides practical options for shelters.

Stategies, requirements, and tips for starting a volunteer feline foster program for a shelter-based organization.

Protocols for healthy group housing for shelter cats, including considerations for  facilities, procedures, selection, management and monitoring.

Examples of programs reducing cat euthanasia through agency partnerships for creative solutions to free-roaming cats at municipal shelters and adoption challenges.

Practical guidelines for handling each step of a cat hoarding case, including documentation, evaluation, care, and communications.