Monday, May 25, 2009 , terribly early in the morning

No More Homeless Pets Conference

Best Friends Animal Sanctuary has just announced that enrollment is open for the 2009 edition of the No More Homeless Pets Conference, held annually in Las Vegas.  It’s a great chance to mingle with others who share your goals and values, and you’ll definitely come away from the conference refreshed and eager to put the things you’ve learned into action in your own community.  Best Friends is actually offering a number of different conferences/workshops in 2009, including quite a few of their world-renowned, “How to Start an Animal Sanctuary” workshop.  At one time they offered this workshop once a year, but it was so popular that added more and more of them, and they still quickly sell-out!  This workshop gave me the knowledge I needed to start Wee Paws—it taught me how to register as a nonprofit, how to get the proper license for my community, and it helped me work out a relationship with a veterinarian.  The relationship with the vet and her regular visits to our home (well, either she visits or one of the vet techs does) then got us the approval we needed to become part of Petfinder.  From there it required a lot of nose-to-the-grindstone type work, but we were able to find donations of food and litter because we’d established a good reputation.  I highly recommend this workshop to anyone who has a dream about having their own sanctuary… I know there are a lot of you.  You won’t have any regrets.

Posted by Leigh-Ann on 05/25 at 05:15 AM
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