Assessing Canine Welfare & Implementing Interventions that Improve Welfare

In this session, we will explore how we can assess canine welfare in the animal shelter and promising measures found across the scientific literature that can help us better understand dogs’ experiences. Also explored are recent studies undertaken by Arizona State University research team that have investigated the effects of certain types of housing and social interaction on the welfare of shelter dogs and how these interventions can be implemented to improve the lives of dogs in your shelter.

Presenter: Lisa Gunter, PhD, CBCC-KA, Arizona State University

This presentation was recorded at the 2022 ASPCA Maddie's Cornell Shelter Medicine Conference.

This lecture has been approved for 1 hour of continuing education credit in jurisdictions that recognize RACE approval.

This lecture has also been pre-approved for 1.0 Certified Animal Welfare Administrator continuing education credits by The Association for Animal Welfare Advancement and by the National Animal Care & Control Association.

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