Found Animals would like to thank everyone who attended the 2010 Found Animals Forum: Leading Perspectives in Animal Welfare! Our inaugural event brought nationally and internationally recognized leaders in animal welfare and their perspectives to the Los Angeles animal welfare community.

The program featured presentations and Q&A with animal welfare leaders from public and private organizations, recognized for their effective and collaborative approaches. Attendees of the Forum came from diverse backgrounds, including representatives from the Los Angeles Mayor’s Office and District Attorney’s Office, employees from several municipal sheltering agencies, plus independent non-profit animal welfare organizations and many others.

Our goals were to create a constructive, community building event, as well as offering an invaluable learning experience for the Los Angeles animal welfare community. According to feedback from the 150 attendees who joined us on a rainy Saturday, we achieved that goal! We carefully reviewed participant feedback forms and appreciate all of the input and suggestions. We were excited to discover:
  • 96% of participants learned something useful from the Forum
  • 85% of participants are "extremely likely" to attend a future Forum
  • Participants rated all of the speakers very highly
In addition, many participants requested access to the presentation materials used by our speakers – please see below for links to that information. We also got lots of great ideas for future Forum topics – so stay tuned for news about our next event.

Forum Speakers (click the speaker's name for their bio)
Aimee Gilbreath
Executive Director, Found Animals
Download Aimee’s Los Angeles Metropolitan Landscape report
 Michael Arms
President, Helen Woodward Animal Center
Rich Avanzino
President, Maddie's Fund
Download Rich'sShelter Pet Project presentation
More information on the Shelter Pet Project and Maddie’s Fund can be found here.
 Bill Bruce
Director, Animal & Bylaw Services, City of Calgary
Download Bill’s report on the City of Calgary, Animal & Bylaw Services

Networking Game Winner
Congratulations to Maureen O'Connell on winning the Forum networking game. Maureen has selected Stray Cat Alliance as the worthy recipient of a $500 donation from Found Animals.

All ticket revenues have been donated to support spay/neuter efforts in the Los Angeles area.

Check out the event pictures in our photo gallery. Sign up for our mailing list to be notified about future events.

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