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Featured as a guest speakers for the 2024 International Companion Animal Management Coalition Conference (ICAM), HASS team members Jenifer Reed and Heather Kalman present new data findings and community-oriented programming for returning pets home.

What do people in your community do when they find a lost pet? In the United States, the majority of pets enter animal shelters as lost pets, making supporting this population the greatest opportunity for lifesaving and community engagement. In this presentation, the Human Animal Support Services (HASS) team will present data-backed solutions based on community behavior trends to help your organization get more lost pets home and reduce shelter overcrowding.

Attendees can expect to leave with tools for implementing lost pet reunification programs like short-term foster placements, tracking actionable data, and enhancing lost and found pet communication strategies. By leveraging a shelter support framework and community participation, we can reduce shelter intake, increase return-to-home rates, and create more advocates for lost and stray pets!

Resources discussed in the presentation can be found here or in the HASS Resource Center.

Source: Human Animal Support Services