Virtual event planned for those working with unowned cats
Recordings from the event will be made available at a later date in a range of languages.
International Cat Care (iCatCare) is set to host a two-day online event for those working and volunteering with unowned cats.
Supported with a grant from Battersea, iCatConnect will take place on 13-14 November.
The free event will look at practical and inclusive ways for those involved with unowned cats to support each other, improve cat welfare, and find solutions to global cat overpopulation.
More than 15 cat welfare experts from around the world will give talks on topics including:
- Understanding cat behaviour to improve care and wellbeing
- Effective ways to help more cats in homing centres, using the principles of Cat Friendly Homing
- Cat friendly solutions for population management
- Running successful Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) programmes
- Collaboration with veterinary professionals and other key stakeholders
- Improving community engagement.
Vicky Halls, head of unowned cats at iCatCare, said: “It’s the event the cats in your care would want you to attend - a complete journey through the bigger picture of cat population management and the care of all unowned cats.
“So, whatever role you play, whether you do TNR, work in a shelter, foster cats, or run your own small cat rescue, you can see where you fit and get to appreciate that we are all part of a huge jigsaw puzzle with the common goal of improving the lives of cats everywhere.”
Simona Zito, Battersea’s grants and programmes manager, said: “At Battersea, we believe collaboration and community are key to helping cats around the world, and we’re proud to be supporting iCatCare’s brilliant new event as part of our Grants programme. We can’t wait to connect with fellow cat welfare champions in November.”
Those interested in attending can book a place on the iCatCare website.
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