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COVID-19 Impact Across the Country

This Best Friends Town Hall focused on these topics:

  • Veterinary updates from the CDC
  • Updates on how COVID has impacted shelters and organizations across the country

The following panelists joined us to lend insight and expertise: 

  • Dr. Erin Katribe – medical director, Best Friends Animal Society
  • Denise Deisler – Chief Executive Director, Jacksonville Humane Society
  • Shannon Wells – Executive Director, Lawrence Humane 
  • Risa Weinstock – President & CEO, Animal Care Centers of NYC 
  • Terri Rockhold – Executive Director, Fresno Humane Animal Services 
  • Alexis Pugh – Director, Memphis Animal Services 
  • Emily Klehm – Chief Executive Officer, South Suburban Humane 
  • Ed Jamison – Director, Dallas Animal Services 

Click the timestamps below to skip to that portion of the town hall:

  • CDC Update with Dr Erin Katribe- 1:51
  • Intro to panel- 5:40
  • Jacksonville Humane Society- 8:12
  • Lawrence Humane Society- 16:27
  • Animal Care Centers of NYC- 25:11
  • Frenso Humane Animal Services- 36:24
  • Memphis Animal Services- 42:41
  • South Suburban Humane- 51:06
  • Dallas Animal Services- 1:00:05
  • What is the game plan for getting animals out of foster homes when this is all done- 1:07:00
  • What are you doing to respond to push back around not taking in healthy animals and strays- 1:09:35
  • How does the transfer of a pet from foster home to adoptive home take place in a virtual adoption- 1:13:34
  • Can you elaborate on how you are using technology to limit public contact- 1:15:34

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  • Adoptimize - an animal shelter software that increases adoption rates, reduces length of stay and reduces your shelter operating costs by automating better photos for adoption of pets. 
  • Best Friends Vet Access
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  • Finding Rover - Pet Facial Recognition. With Facial Recognition Pets Find Their Home Register your pets today and protect them if they ever get lost! It's Free!
  • HelpingLostPets.com - Helping Lost Pets is FREE to use and when you list a pet as Lost or Found, our members in your area are alerted. We also partner with many amazing volunteer groups across the country that will share your listing on Facebook, Twitter and other social media.
  • Home to Home - Keeping animals out of shelters through direct home placement.
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  • Rehome - Rehoming your pet should be easy and stress free both for you and your pet. Our experts at Adopt-a-Pet.com, the largest non-profit pet adoption website, with support from The Petco Foundation, have created a simple, reliable, free program to help you place your pet from your loving home directly to another.
  • Swain Strategies - Your COVID-19 Fundraising Event Toolkit 

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