SA239 - Shelter Populations: Managing Intake, Outcomes, & Flow-through to Meet Capacity for Care

Wednesday, February 22, 2023

4:00 PM – 4:50 PM

Location: Mandalay Bay, Oceanside D, Level 2

Earn 1 CE Hours

Presenter(s)

Lena G. DeTar, DACVPM, DABVP (Shelter Medicine)

Assistant Clinical Professor
Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine
Ithaca, NY, United States

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Moderator(s)

Cristie Y J Kamiya, DVM, MBA

Chief of Shelter Medicine
Humane Society Silicon Valley
Milpitas, CA, United States

The dynamics (or statics) of the animal population drives the capacity for care in animal shelters. How intake, outcomes, medical and behavioral teams work to keep animals in shelters the shortest amount of time possible, so we can help more animals and keep ourselves sane.

Learning Objectives:

What the new GL say about managing animal populations
How animals move through shelters and how that impacts capacity for care
How paying attention to disease/stress can decrease average length of stay
Why and how to find the right outcome