Stress Free Felines:
Techniques for Managing Cats in Shelters
Speaker: Megann Smith, Shelter Manager,
Wood County Humane Society
Wednesday, May 22, 2024
Noon - 1:00 p.m. on Zoom
Coming from the Midwest, cats are a constant find in shelters and many of us cannot keep up with the demand. As the number of cats needing assistance increases, so does the stress of a shelter environment for them. During this presentation, we'll review traits of a cat that make shelters stressful for them and review step by step easy, small changes we can make to improve their experience.
The presentation will move through the cat's journey to adoption starting with intake. Along the way, we'll pause to work through real solutions to remedy obstacles that are adding to a cat's stress and nerves in shelter. Reviewing how to make current housing spaces more feline friendly with existing items in your shelter and enhancing your enrichment program to help engage the senses to help the cat during the stay. All while learning how our shelter interactions can impact a cat's stress during their stay and the impact that stress has on their overall adoptability.
By minimizing stress of cats in shelters, adoptability increases and when cats are adopted, organizations can bring in more cats faster. The benefits to creating a cat friendly process and environment can feel endless, but we'll navigate how to avoid making it more costly!
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This webinar has also been approved for Continuing Educational Units by the National Animal Care & Control Association (NACA). National certificate holders can submit for credit consistent with the NACA CEU policy located here.
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