They make these available afterwards as videos: http://www.maddiesfund.org/Resource_Library/Maddies_Video_Library/Shelter_Medicine_Videos.html
On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 3:57 PM, <dlg...@windstream.net> wrote: > Will they ahve something in print for those of us who cannot go to this? > Would like to take to local no kill shelter. they ahve a problem with > housing. I know they ar short on funds, but constructive critismnever > hurts. > > > ---- Natalie > wrote: > If anyone is interested, let me know, and I will > send the entire page, how to register, with info privately; it’s too large > to send to this group! > > > > My new email address is: atia....@gmail.com> > > > > > > > > Fixing the Feline Housing Crisis: How Shelter Housing Can > Make Cats Sick – And What You Can Do About It > > It's a feline housing > revolution – and it’s helping stop shelter cat upper respiratory infections > in their tracks! > > > Image removed by sender. large_box_bottom.gif > > > > Image removed by sender. spacer.gif > > > Cats are extremely sensitive to > noise, crowding, and stress – three things that are in abundant supply in > many animal shelters. These adverse conditions often lead to illness in > sheltered cats, particularly the most common of all feline shelter > diseases, upper respiratory infection (URI). > The good news is that with a > “feline wellness renovation project” – decreasing crowding and reducing > stress – you can drastically cut the incidence of feline URI in your > shelter's cat population. > Maddie's InstituteSM is pleased to announce the > second in a two-part series on feline URI in shelters: Fixing the Feline > Housing Crisis: How Shelter Housing Can Make Cats Sick - And What You Can > Do About It. Join us for this free webcast on Thursday, October 25, at 9 PM > Eastern, presented by Dr. Sandra Newbury of the Koret Shelter Medicine > Program at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine. > > Attendees will > learn: > > * How to understand the natural behavior of cats > * How to set > up shelter housing to reduce stress > * The importance of giving cats a > place to hide when stressed or fearful > * The impact of housing cats near > dogs > * How improvements in noise levels, light cycles, and enrichment can > benefit cats > * Temperature, air quality and ventilation requirements for > URI prevention > * How to understand exposure risks > * How to set up > separation and isolation for sick cats > > Individuals attending the live > webcast will be entered in a door prize drawing for one of ten copies of > Maddie's® Animal Shelter Infection Control Manual! > Fixing the Feline > Housing Crisis: How Shelter Housing Can Make Cats Sick - And What You Can > Do About It, is part of an ongoing series of educational programs from > Maddie's Institute, a program of Maddie's Fund®, the nation's leading > funder of shelter medicine education. Maddie's Institute brings cutting > edge shelter medicine information from universities and animal welfare > leaders to shelter veterinarians, managers and staff as well as private > practice veterinarians, rescue groups and community members to increase the > lifesaving of homeless dogs and cats community-wide. > > _____ > > > Presenter: Sandra Newbury, DVM > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > -- ---------------------------- Go Get a Life---Go Get a Shelter Animal! If you can't adopt, then foster "bottle baby" shelter animal, to save their life. Contact your local pound for information. <http://www.laanimalservices.com/volunteer_fostercare.htm> If you can't bottle feed, foster an older animal, to save their life, and to free up cage space. Ask your local animal pound to start saving over 90% of their intake by implementing the No Kill Equation: http://www.nokilladvocacycenter.org/shelter-reform/no-kill-equation/<http://www.nokilladvocacycenter.org/> Here's the current growing list of true No Kill communities: http://www.nokillhouston.org/no-kill-shelters-in-north-america/ Legislate better animal pound conditions: http://www.rescue50.org More fun reading: http://www.nokilladvocacycenter.org/shelter-reform/guides/ More fun watching: http://vimeo.com/nokill/videos especially http://vimeo.com/48445902 Local feral cat crisis? See Alley Cat Allies' for how to respond: http://www.alleycat.org/page.aspx?pid=537
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