Her two part webcast series examines assumptions underlying traditional sheltering practices and compares them to the most recent evidence-based information regarding the health and behavior impacts of stress on sheltered cats and the statistical likelihood of a live outcome for an unsocialized cat taken into a shelter.
Information presented includes:
- Common assumptions on which sheltering programs for cats are based.
- Do current methods of running TNR programs really make a difference to the overall problem of community/feral cats coming into shelters and subsequently being euthanized there?
- As shelter systems move to a model of capacity planning for humane care and adoption, where do community cats fit into the flow?
- When is it appropriate not to take cats into shelters at all if a lifesaving solution cannot be offered.
- What lifesaving alternatives really work and how can they be implemented?
Both parts of this free webcast are now available for viewing on computer and mobile devices at MaddiesFund.org.
About Kate Hurley, DVM, MPVM
Dr. Hurley has been working in shelters since 1989. Since completing the shelter medicine residency and undertaking the direction of the Koret Shelter Medicine Program, Dr. Hurley has become a recognized leader in the field of shelter medicine. She has worked extensively with shelters of every size and management type, and has consulted with outbreak to shelter health care programs and facility design. She regularly speaks nationally and internationally on topics related to shelter animal health.
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