the Intake

Feb 04 2025 42 ep. 27 mins 9
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Conversations in Animal Welfare

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Alleviating the Licensing Burden & Getting More Pets Home

Feb 04 2025 33 mins  
If you’re an animal welfare professional looking to reduce intake, increase RTO, and provide faster solutions for lost pets and worried families, this episode is for you. Katherine Shenar hosts Front Street Animal Shelter’s Phillip Zimmerman and Jackie Rose of DocuPet.

The Kitten Lady & Orphan Kitten Club Pt. 1

Oct 15 2024 29 mins  
This episode kicks off Part 1 of a 2-part interview with Hannah Shaw, widely known as The Kitten Lady, and Jackie Noble, the newly appointed executive director of Orphan Kitten Club, to explore the unique challenges and rewarding experiences of fostering neonatal kittens. The conversation sparked from the 2024 Hill's Pet Nutrition's State of Shelter Adoptions Report that cites some

The Kitten Lady & Orphan Kitten Club Pt. 2

Oct 15 2024 25 mins  
In this episode, we sit down with Hannah Shaw, a/k/a The Kitten Lady, an advocate for cat welfare, especially neonate kittens, and Jackie Noble, executive director for the Orphan Kitten Club, Shaw’s nonprofit she created to help build innovative programs that save the lives of the tiniest and most vulnerable felines. Shaw discusses the launch of Cats of the World, a stunning new

Not-So-Secret Strategies of 4-Star Foster Programs

Aug 10 2024 33 mins  
Hill’s Pet Nutrition just released their 2024 State of Shelter Adoption Report, with data suggesting there could be gains in exploring our messaging to potential volunteers around foster opportunities. The Association’s Katherine Shenar sat down with three animal welfare professionals who have headed exemplary foster programs that have seen big successes. Listen in as she talk

Grow Your Foster Program, Texas-Style

Aug 04 2024 34 mins  
Hill’s Pet Nutrition just released their 2024 State of Shelter Adoption Report, and you may be surprised to learn that 1 in 3 people would be more likely to adopt if foster-to-adopt were an option at their shelter, or that 64% of respondents would foster if their costs were covered. To capitalize on these insights and learn how to grow your foster program, listen in as The Associ

Pet Insurance + Shelters: Untapped Partnerships for Tackling Access to Care

May 01 2024 31 mins  
The Association’s Katherine Shenar hosts Brian Jorgensen of MetLife Pet Insurance and Atlanta Humane Society’s Michael Robbins for a talk about an untapped strategy for improving access to care. Learn about partnerships between shelters and pet insurance providers that can change the way shelters help their communities, and hear some common myths about pet insurance busted.

RTO Reality Check: Stop Judging & Start Strategizing Around Lost Pets

Apr 08 2024 33 mins  
It's true that intake numbers are still below pre-pandemic 2019, yet animal shelters are over capacity. And the numbers show that interest in adoptions is waning. There is a potential solution... But why aren’t more organizations prioritizing it? The Association’s Katherine Shenar sits down with Abbie Moore and Kristen Hassen of Petco Love Lost to discuss RTO strategies to

Temperature Check: New Tool Reduces Stress for Pets at the Vet

Sep 17 2023 28 mins  
Taking a dog’s or cat’s temperature with a traditional rectal thermometer in a clinical or shelter setting… Wish it could be both more efficient and less stressful for the animal? Well, it CAN. Find out how in this conversation between The Association’s Katherine M. Shenar, Jamie Driscoll of Mella Pet Care, and Alex Schechter, DVM. Informed by the Fear Free philosophy that

How Telemedicine Saved This Shelter

Aug 27 2023 30 mins  
Heard the one about the foster volunteer with the sick kitten calling the foster coordinator at 2 am on a Sunday morning, and the foster coordinator then calling the vet to see if it’s an emergency? This all-too common scenario can lead to staff burnout , work-life imbalance, and inefficient processes that drain organizational resources. The Association’s Katherine Shenar sits

The Number One Way To Keep Your Pet From Being A Statistic

Jul 11 2023 32 mins  
July is National Lost Pet Prevention Month and Lorien Clemens, CEO and co-founder of PetHub and Jerrica Owen, Executive Director for the National Animal Care & Control Association, share survey results from their 2022 Lost Pet Research Study. The survey shows a gap in perceptions of prevention and return-to-home methods by pet owners as well as animal shelter employees. Learn how y