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Date/Time: June 2 | 5:30pm-7pm Location: HSSW, Education Room -1100 NE 192nd Ave, Vancouver, WA 98684 Shelter medicine is a sophisticated medical specialty recognized by leading national veterinary programs. With no one to speak for them, shelter animals present unique challenges such as unknown medical history and life experience, lack of a safe and caring home for recuperation, and subjective factors like adoptability. Our highly credentialed shelter veterinarians are called upon to meet the gamut of medical needs of unowned animals in our community to prepare them to find a happy home.

Date/Time: July 28 | 5:30pm-7pm Location: HSSW, Education Room -1100 NE 192nd Ave, Vancouver, WA 98684 With Linda Fielder, Animal Legal Defense Fund, Certified Animal Welfare Administrator Animal neglect and cruelty is an unfortunate reality of our work. HSSW works in partnership with Clark County Animal Control, the Clark County District Attorney, the City of Vancouver and the other municipalities to investigate suspected mistreatment of animals, including the gathering and analysis of forensic evidence. HSSW also provides shelter and medical care for these animals and helps them find safe and happy homes. Thanks to a grant from the Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF), officers are receiving advanced forensic training and specialized tools to ensure that animal crimes are prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

Date/Time: August 25 | 5:30pm-7pm Location: HSSW, Education Room -1100 NE 192nd Ave, Vancouver, WA 98684 Animal shelters are uniquely stressful places despite our best efforts. To further complicate things, animals that enter HSSW come with a whole history of experiences that may lead to less than desirable behaviors, often at no fault of their own. Learn about the common categories of animal behavior in shelters, and how the Behavior Management Team at HSSW develops behavior plans to help prepare cats and dogs for successful placement in homes.

Date/Time: September 15 | 5:30pm-7:30pm Location: Nierenberg Community Veterinary Clinic, 10501 NE Hwy 99, Suite 31, Vancouver, WA 98686 At HSSW, we joke that the unspoken goal of our work is to put ourselves out of business by supporting the community in ways that keep animals from ever needing to come into the shelter. Imagine if every animal in Southwest Washington got the veterinary care and behavior training it needed so it could stay with its loving family for its entire life? For too many pets, that is not the case. The Nierenberg Community Veterinary Clinic is a key example of an upstream strategy that will keep people and pets together. This lecture will take place in the new Nierenberg Community Veterinary Clinic.