Foster care is a unique form of human-animal interaction that is increasingly understood to be an effective tool for improving the well-being of shelter-living animals. Even brief stays in foster care can allow animals to escape the stressors of the shelter, provide an environment that allows for greater social interaction and offer opportunities for improved health and behavior.
Join us on Thursday, April 10, 2025 at 12PM ET/3PM ET for the next installment of “Maddie’s® Insights: Exploring Efficacy, Barriers, and Best Practices of Companion Animal Foster Caregiving”, presented by Dr. Lisa Gunter and Grace Phillips. In this presentation, they will highlight the key takeaways revealed in the 42 published articles evaluating companion animal foster care programs that are included in their recent review paper: Companion animal foster caregiving: A scoping review exploring animal and caregiver welfare, barriers to caregiver recruitment and retention, and best practices for foster care programs in animal shelters.
They will examine a variety of foster care programs that have been studied, explore the evidence of its effects on human and animal well-being, evaluate the successes and challenges in supporting shelter foster care programs, illuminate discrepancies in equity and diversity of caregiver engagement that offer opportunities for recruitment and recommend best practices for lasting programmatic success.
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This webinar has been pre-approved for 1.0 Certified Animal Welfare Administrator continuing education credits by The Association for Animal Welfare Advancement and by the National Animal Care & Control Association. It has also been approved for 1 hour of continuing education credit in jurisdictions which recognize the Registry of Approved Continuing Education (RACE) approval.