Access to veterinary support is harder than ever. Whether you’re on the sheltering side of animal care, or the veterinary side, working together can be complicated and demanding. If you’re a shelter or rescue struggling to find or cultivate effective working relationships with veterinarians, this listening session is designed to hear your challenges and offer guidance with obtaining a veterinarian of record and maintaining an effective relationship. If you’re a veterinary professional interested in expanding your practice to include shelters and rescues, this info session will provide a foundation of their pain points and offer ways you can assist them in saving more lives. Join our panel of veterinarians, animal welfare professionals, and Shelters United leadership as we discuss how to obtain and maintain healthy working relationships with veterinarians of record, plus action steps on getting involved in a new initiative and academic study focused on solving this crucial roadblock. What You’ll Learn: -- Want to work with a veterinarian of record? Hear the challenges and benefits. -- Get involved in an academic study from the University of Florida Shelter Medicine Distance Education to help animal welfare and veterinary leaders understand these challenges in order to effectively create future solutions. -- Insights from our panel on methods to effectively communicate, build trust, and create policy foundations for successful veterinary partnerships. We Want to Hear from You: Our panel is passionate about helping our community. We want to hear about your needs. Are you a rescue or shelter that has trouble obtaining or maintaining a relationship with a veterinarian? Are you a vet who has questions about working with rescues and shelters? Submit your question to our panelists below for our Q&A. We will be following up with webinar attendees with details about participating in an academic survey from the University of Florida.

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