The theme for this year's event was Breaking Down Barriers. 

We focused on the programs, practices and strategies that involve and engage the community in managing their pets. We looked at the role that organisations play in providing support to both companion animals and the people that care for them.

You can view the speaker papers, associated resources and footage of the presentations themselves by clicking on the links below. 

International Speakers 

MIKE WHEELER - DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY SERVICES, CITY OF CABOT, ARKANSAS

The Animal Management puzzle - Presentation

Numbers never lie: Keep it simple - Presentation

Uncovering bias in Animal Management: Promoting fairness and equity - Presentation

People vote and pay rates: Dogs and cats don't - Presentation

Animal hoarding: Animal cruelty? Neglect? Both? or none? - Presentation - Resource

DR JIM CROSBY - RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, CANINE BRAIN PROJECT, HARVARD UNIVERSITY

What is, and isn't aggression in dogs? - Presentation

Human responses to perceived aggression: The dog is growling, now what? - Presentation

Nuisance dogs, loose dogs and suggestions for management and policy - Presentation

Behavioural assessment vs behavioural prediction: how is that crystal ball working, eh? - Presentation

DR CYNTHIA (CINDY) KARSTEN - DIRECTOR OF OUTREACH, UC DAVIS KORET SHELTER MEDICINE PROGRAM, CALIFORNIA

Shelter Medicine: What is it, why do we need it and what is the future? - Presentation - Resource

The ASV Guidelines for Standards of Care in Animal Shelters: what they are, the resources and the updates - Presentation - Resource

Reducing disease as intake rises: Prevent, fight and win today! - Presentation - Resource

VINCENT MEDLEY - MADDIE'S® DIRECTOR OF HUMAN ANIMAL SUPPORT SERVICES 

The basics of Human Animal Support Services (HASS) - Presentation

Managed Intake: Myth busting - Presentation

Numbers never lie: Keep it simple - Presentation

Uncovering bias in Animal Management: Promoting fairness and equity - Presentation

ALLISON CARDONA - CA STATE DIRECTOR, UC DAVIS KORET SHELTER MEDICINE PROGRAM

Increasing positive outcomes: Partnerring with communities to send more animals home - Presentation

Cultural responsiveness in animal sheltering and animal management - Presentation

Animal hoarding: Animal cruelty? Neglect? Both? or none? - Presentation - Resource

Winning the fight to reunite pets and people - Presentation

LOCAL SPEAKERS

JEREMIAH BAKER - ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDANER ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBER, AMRRIC

Cultural significance of companion animals to the Yolngu people of North East Arnhem Land - Presentation

CRISTINA DEL BORRELLO - MANAGER, DOMESTIC ANIMALS POLICY, ANIMAL WELFARE VICTORIA

Victoria's "long game" in domestic animal reform - Presentation

ANNE CHESTER - CHIEF VETERINARIAN, RSPCA QUEENSLAND

Prepubertal desexing of cats and its role in population management - Presentation - Resource

KAYLENE DOUST - PROGRAM MANAGER ANIMAL CONTROL, ROPER GULF REGIONAL COUNCIL

Building an inclusive community through remote Indigenous community animal management: Programs, challenges and opportunities - Presentation

PETRA EDWARDS AND DANI SCUTERI - PROJECT OFFICER AND AND TEAM LEADER COMMUNITY SAFETY, CITY OF CHARLES STURT

Charles Sturt's Canine Citizens: the link between dog behaviour, dog parks and open space usability - Presentation - Resource

REBECCA GOODE AND ELLE TONKS - VETERINARIAN, PORT PHILLIP ANIMAL HOSPITAL AND TEAM LEADER, PORT PHILLIP COUNCIL

Working together to get the job done: an innovative approach to animal health in the City of Port Phillip - Presentation - Resource

SUSAN HAZEL - ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, ADELAIDE UNIVERSITY

A framework to enable a more collaborative approach to Animal Management - Presentation - Resource

Good dogs have bad days: a community campaign to reduce dog attacks in South Australia - Presentation - Resource

TRACEY HENDERSON - DIRECTOR, DOG BITE PREVENTION PROJECT

Suffering in silence: what triggers fear, anxiety and stress in cats and how it impacts their welfare - Presentation 

JENNIFER HOWARD - CEO, SAFE PETS SAFE FAMILIES

Safe Pets Safe Families - Presentation

JENNIFER HUNT - CEO, PET MEDICAL CRISIS

Keeping people and pets together: Preserving the human-pet bond - Presentation

MEREL VAN ESCH AND VICTORIA JENKINS - PROGRAM COORDINATOR AND ADOPTION SUPPORT REPRESENTATIVE, PET RESCUE

Home2Home: How supported rehoming can level-up your services and amplify efforts to keep pets out of the system - Presentation 

CLAUDIA JONES - OUTREACH SUPERVISOR, RSPCA NSW

Preventing cruelty through empowering communities to care for animals: Lessons in building conenctions, selecting priority locations and breaking down barriers - Presentation - Resource

ALICIA KENNEDY - CEO, CHERISHED PETS COMMUNITY VETERINARY CARE

Cherished Pets - breaking down barriers through a community-centred, multidisciplinary social veterinary service model - Presentation

BROOKE KENNEDY - LECTURER, UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND

Counting cats? How to quantify free-roaming cat populations - Presentation - Resource

BRYAN KING - DESIGN MANAGER, THERIAN

The art and science approach to needs assessment and pre-design planning for animal shelter facilities - Presentation

TINA MARTIN - TEAM LEADER ANIMAL MANAGEMENT, CAIRNS REGIONAL COUNCIL

Design and building an animal shelter for the tropics - Presentation

SONYA MCDOWELL - PHD CANDIDATE, LATROBE UNIVERSITY

A framework for companion animal welfare: Exploring social determinants of health to influence relinquishment outcomes - Presentation - Resource

JESSICA MOORE-JONES - CONSULTANT, UNLEASHED COACHING AND CONSULTING  

Stop preaching to the converted: designing interventions that target the right people - Presentation - Resource

JACQUIE RAND - CEO, AUSTRALIAN PET WELFARE FOUNDATION

Community Cat Programs: What are they and what are the results? - Presentation

BROOKE RANKMORE - CEO, AMRRIC

Animal Management in Rural and Remote Indigenous Communities and One Health - Presentation

DIANA RAYMENT - DIRECTOR, AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL MANAGEMENT

The AIAM Companion Animal Management Plan template - a new resource for members - Presentation - Resource

EMMA RICHARDSON - C.A.T COORDINATOR, ANIMAL WELFARE LEAGUE OF QUEENSLAND

Cat Assistance Team: Support in the community to prevent stray and abandoned cats - Presentation

NADIA SCOTT - COMMUNITY PROJECT OFFICER, RSPCA QUEENSLAND

Converting semi-owners to owners: the vast hidden pool of adopters for shy and timid cats - Presentation

SILVINA TOLLI - PROJECT OFFICER, KEEPING CATS SAFE AT HOME, RSPCA NSW

Keeping Cats Safe at Home A human behaviour change project - Presentation

ANN-MARGRET WITHERS - SENIOR MANAGER OUTREACH PROGRAMS, RSPCA NSW

Utilising a social return on investment report to assign monetary value to the impact of the RSPCA NSW Community Programs support of vulnerable communities - Presentation - Resource

        

 
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