Trainings + events

Although winning the lottery would be nice, your odds on finding funding for your animal rescue are significantly better if you know how to successfully apply for grants. Learn which corporate and private grant-making organizations are out there and how to find them.

Despite the rarity of humans contracting this disease in the United States, rabies is a highly dreaded, fatal disease for which millions of dollars are spent every year on its control.

This archived webinar will focus on ways to handle common “nuisance” wildlife conflicts over the phone and in the field– with the first vital step being on a proper diagnosis of the problem, and if it’s a true problem (needing resolution) or a fear-based problem (needing public understanding).

Despite shared goals of increasing adoptions and decreasing euthanasia rates, shelters and rescue groups sometimes have strained relationships. In this webinar, we discuss concerns that might lead to mistrust and ways we can move forward in healthy and productive partnerships.

Gaining the support of local government may be an essential first step in making TNR the norm for how free-roaming cats are managed in your community. Learn how to structure a presentation, what arguments to make and which to avoid, plus common questions to anticipate. With the practical advice offered, you’ll be ready to make a convincing case for TNR!

Are you a veterinarian in private practice looking to assist your local shelter or rescue organization? 

Are you a shelter, rescue organization or TNR program seeking to build a relationship with local veterinarians?

Join us for an overview on all things parvo! Canine parvovirus is a highly contagious viral disease of dogs that can cause serious, even fatal, illness in infected animals. Parvo's severity, along with the ease with which it is spread and its persistence in the environment, make this a significant infectious disease concern for all dogs in animal shelters.

In this course, you will learn effective fundraising techniques that you can put into action immediately.

You'll learn how to

• Analyze your current fundraising efforts
• Determine which efforts are most valuable and productive for your organization
• Implement new, strategic fundraising efforts

Images are often the most convincing tools an organization can use to send a message and communicate a story.  Digital Storytelling is a short, first-person video narrative created by combining recorded voice, still and moving images, music and/or other sounds.

This course covers how you can save more lives by creating a foster network that is made up of members with clearly defined roles and responsibilities.

You'll learn how to

• Manage the different roles within a foster team
• Provide the necessary support to foster parents
• Develop guidelines for a successful foster program

This webinar will outline the ASPCA’s efforts in enhancing local, state and national response capabilities. The results of our national survey will be discussed, showing what animal response resources we have as a nation, where those resources are located and our ability to manage them.

This first webinar in our "Resolving the Public's Wildlife Problems in a Matter of Minutes" series will focus on: