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Saturday, May 03, 2008 at 08:00 AM - Sunday, May 04, 2008 at 04:30 PM (ET)
Carmel, IN
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Featuring the foremost expert in the no-kill
revolution, author of "Redemption":
Nathan J. Winograd
The conference will provide 2 full day workshops with techniques on implementing programs and policies oriented toward preserving animals' lives. Agenda detail at bottom.
" ...experience has shown that programs oriented toward preserving life are actually cost effective and cheaper than ones oriented toward killing..."
Saturday, May 3rd
Program runs from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
with morning muffins/coffee & a vegetarian lunch included.
Sunday, May 4th
Program runs from 8:00 am to 4:30 pm
with morning muffins/coffee & a vegetarian lunch included.
Dress code is casual, jeans are welcome. We want people to hang out and make themselves feel at home amongst friends.
CD of all Nathan Winograd program materials available with ticket order. This is an amazing resource and a GREAT value! Available only through seminar attendance.
Autographed copies of Nathan's book, Redemption, will be available at the conference for $15 (while supplies last).
Near-by hotels include:
www.countryinns.com/indyin_north
www.druryhotels.com/properties/indianapolis
The TherAplay conference room was made available to Move to Act by the kind hearts and souls at the Children's TherAplay Foundation.
Conference underwritten by Move to Act in honor of the animals of our community and the humans who serve them.
Agenda:
Day 1
Opening Remarks: How Did We Get Here?
Building a No Kill Community: Cost-effective Lifesaving Programs
In 2003, the open door animal control shelter in Tompkins County saved 100% of healthy and treatable animals, and 100% of feral cats. Over nine out of ten dogs and cats were saved, without big bucks and without a big shelter—a reduction in the kill rate of 75%. At the same time, the agency went from a $120,000 a year deficit to finishing the year with a surplus, raising more money than it spent. Using the same model, the open door shelter in Charlottesville, VA saved 92% of all dogs and cats, while Washoe County, NV reduced the death rate by over 50% in one year. Learn what programs and services help save lives and how to implement them in a cost-effective way.
Saving Shelter Dogs: Evaluation, Socialization, Treatment & Placement
Some shelters have adopted the rhetoric but not the programs of No Kill. As a result, they are using "temperament testing" to deem dogs unadoptable and make their statistics look better. Saving shelter dogs is as much about fair and proper evaluation, socialization and stimulation in the shelter, treatment and rehabilitation strategies and marketing, as it is about adoptions. You'll learn strategies from evaluation to placement from a pro-life No Kill perspective.
Feral Cat Care & Advocacy
Trap, Neuter, Return (TNR) is not only humane, it's effective. But beyond the basics of trapping and spay/neuter, a comprehensive program to save the lives of feral cats and reducing the number of kittens coming into the shelter involves resolving neighbor disputes, working with the media, dispelling myths about predation and public safety, and changing the attitudes of your health department and animal control agency. This workshop will give you the tools you need to effectively do that.
Day 2
Big Dogs, Shy Cats & All the Rest: Finding Homes for All of Them
Pit Bulls, Rottweillers, big black dogs, shy cats and cats with attitude. They are a challenge in every community. Learn the strategies to increase adoptions, effectively market shelter animals, and find loving, new homes for all the healthy and treatable pets in your shelter, including those hard to place ones. Using this model, a community that takes in over 15,000 dogs and cats annually increased dog adoptions by nearly 60% and more than doubled cat adoptions (104%) in less than one year.
Mending Broken Bones & Broken Spirits: Medical & Behavior Rehabilitation Programs
Finding good homes for healthy animals requires certain strategies. But many animals in shelters aren't ready for adoption. Implementing effective strategies to keep pets from getting sick or developing behavior problems is the first step, but rehabilitating and then adopting those who get sick or come in with behavior problems is vital to saving lives. Contrary to conventional wisdom, these programs can be done with little money to start, and may end up making more money than you spend after paying off the trainers, veterinarians and even surgeons!
Reforming Animal Control: Forcing Change in Your Community
Despite success in many communities, not all animal control departments have embraced this renaissance in lifesaving. Many refuse to change with the times. Still others are adopting the name and language of No Kill, but not the programs and services that save lives. With large national groups and other industry associations mired in the failed philosophies of the past, many agencies are holding their guard against demands by citizens for a more progressive orientation. In the face of this entrenchment, how can humane advocates put an end to the killing in their community? In other words, how can animal control be forced to embrace No Kill? The answer lies in a five-step process: 1. Inform; 2. Negotiate; 3. Prepare for Battle; 4. Fight; and, when successful, 5. Rebuild.
Closing Remarks: The Future Belongs to Us!
The mission of Move to ACT is to heighten community awareness of animal welfare issues and to advocate for improved policies and practices. MtA seeks truth and responsibility and is guided by principles of respect, accountability and integrity.
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