Must-attend seminar and conference February 28th - March 3rd

Provided courtesy of Sallie Scott

“The Link” seminar and the Texas Federation of Animal Care Services Annual Conference at the El Tropicano Hotel are fast approaching!

“The Link” Between Animal Cruelty, Child Abuse & Family Violence Seminar
Saturday, February 28
10:00 a.m.—5:00 p.m.
Hosted by the San Antonio Friends of Animal Care Services
Cost: $25.00 (continental breakfast and an afternoon break of coffee, sodas, and cookies included)
Great speakers from American Humane Association
To get a head count for the hotel, please send the names of those attending from your agency to Sallie Scott, salliescot@sbcglobal.net, as soon as possible.

Texas Federation of Animal Care Societies (TXFACS) 2009 Conference
Sunday March 1 – Tuesday, March 3
Workshops to choose from:
• Legislative Update 2009
• Disease Recognition in the Field
• Standards for Care/Shelter Animals
• PAWS (Pets and Women’s Shelters)
• Animal Abuse and Domestic Abuse Go Hand in Hand
• Capturing, Handling, Feeding of Stray Domestic Animals and Wildlife
• “The Link”
• SOPS-The Way We Do The Things We Do
• Proper Sanitation to Control Diseases
• Animal Cruelty from A-Z
• Generating Positive Media
• Grant Basics
• Street Fighting of Dogs, a Teen Epidemic
• First Aid For Injured Animals
• Engaging Adults in Humane Education-
• Bark, Stop, Drop, Roll
• First Aid For Injured Animals (cont.)
• Do’s and Don’ts of Shelter Design
• Pets and Babies
• Improving the Lives of Animals in Shelters
• Spaying/Neutering/Microchipping/Adoptions
• Overview-Texas Animal Laws
• Customer Service
• Animal Shelter Operations and Administration

Held at the El Tropicano Hotel
110 Lexington Ave.
San Antonio, TX 78205

For more information and to register online, go to www.txfacs.org.
*** Hurry, the deadline for early registration for the TFACS Conference is Saturday, January 31, so get your reservations in soon!

Posted by Jennifer Hayes, Best Friends staff
Photo credit: taken by Jennifer Hayes