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| | | Prairie States Animal Welfare Conference, Peoria, IL June 2010
The 10th annual Prairie States Animal Welfare Conference will be held at the Holiday Inn City Centre, June 14-16, 2010 in Peoria Ilinois
Sue Sternberg will be a featured speaker and conduct a half day session on Shelter Dog Evaluations.
(Sue's book, Great Dog Adoptions is still available at Latham)
Vendor and sponsors are encouraged to contact Angie Wood at 630-420-8989 or
Email Angie Wood
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| | Texas Unites for Animals !
The 2010 Texas Unites for Animals will be held March 27 - 29, 2010 at the REnanissance Austin Hotel, in Austin Texas. The conference is jointly sponsored by the Texas Federation of Humane Societies the Texas Animal Shelter Coalition and the Texas Animal Control Association.
For more information please contact:
Cathy Rosenthal
24806 Night Arrow
San Antonio, Texas 78258
210-497-1291
Email Texas Unites
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| | | California Law on treatment for people who hurt animals
California Penal code section 597, also known as the O'Connel bill provides for mandatory treatment of people convicted of hurting animals. This is in addition to and may not replace incarceration and fines.
California Penal Code search
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| | | Safe Havens for Pets
Guidelines for programs Sheltering Pets for Women who are Battered, authored by Frank Ascione is available in PDF format.
1. Go to the web site: http://eres.usu.edu
2. Click on "Electronic Reserves Course Materials"
3. Select a Department: "Psychology"
Select an Instructor: "Ascione, Frank",
then click "Go"
4. Select PSY3120 Abuse & Neglect
5. Enter the Password: asc3120 (case sensitive)
Then click "Accept"
You will then be able to bring up and print all sections of the book. If you have problems downloading this book, send an e-mail to Frank Ascione at FrankA@COE.USU.EDU
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| | Animal Abuse Database online !
There is an online database you can use to search for animal cruelty cases in the United States. This can be very helpful in gaining fuller understanding at the magnitude of the problem.
The PET-ABUSE online database
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| | A Common Bond - NEW PUBLICATION
Latham is very pleased to note that the Humane Society of the United States, American Bar Association and the American Humane Association are working together to bring a new book forward.
A Common Bond: Maltreated Children and Animals in the Home, Guidelines for Practice and Policy by Mary Lou Rancdour, Ph.D. of HSUS with Howard Davidson, J.D. of ABA's Center on Children and the Law, published by AHA.
"The purpose of this publication is to offer a framework to the many groups and agencies associated with child protective services and animal protection from which they can interact, and in that interaction extend important protections to children and their companion animals."
This working together toward helping children and animals is the right approach.
A Common Bond: Maltreated Children and Animals in the Home
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| | Free Humane Education Materials for Disaster-Affected Shelters
Latham has initiated a program to help replace educational tools that were damaged or lost during the recent disasters.
To assist in recovery efforts and add to the good work of many of the organizations that are assisting victims, Latham will provide free humane education materials to any shelter impacted by the disasters.
Organizations whose materials have been lost or damaged are invited to select up to three Latham books and five Latham videos or DVDs with which to begin rebuilding their educational programs. Shelters should contact Latham by phone, fax, or mail to arrange to participate in this program. We ask only that they agree to pay the shipping costs.
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| | Latham LINK references now on one document
For over 15 years, The Latham Letter has included articles about The Link. The Latham website can be searched, and Google can always be searched, but we have created a single document with links to all the LINK articles for your research use.
The Latham Letter LINK reference page
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| | American Humane PAWS Program book !
KUDO's to American Humane for publishing the Pets and Women Shelters (PAWS)tm Program startup guide.
Allie Phillips, J.D. director of public policy for AHA brings her professional first hand experience to break the Cycles of Violence that often trap abused family members into staying.
Phil Arkow and Frank Ascione both have worked with Allie and American Humane to make this the most accurate and hopefully successful guide available today.
The guide is available on the American Humane website as an electronic file to be downloaded.
See www.americanhumane.org for more details.
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| | Working With Families in Shelters BOOK !
The Latham Foundation for the Promotion of Humane Education published a work by Lynn Loar and John Weakland in 1994 titled "Working with Families in Shelters: A Practical Guide for Counselors and Child Care Staff"
This work was out of print, but at the request of the author, we have made it available electronically. This is the 1994 version book, so some information may not be current.
Down load the Book
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| | Latham Foundation video opening on YouTube
We are proud to announce the YouTube version of our video open and close sequence. This short video presents the essence of what The Latham Foundation is all about. Take a few minutes, enjoy the HD video showing how humans and animals can work together helping each other.
The Latham Foundation on YouTube
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| | Reaching Out: The Spay/Neuter Challenge
Latham's new film is available on both VHS and DVD to help you overcome resistance and convey the benefits of spaying and neutering domesetic animals.
$35 plus postage & handling
Available from Latham at orders@latham.org or www.latham.org
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| | Sue Sternberg's Book Continues Strong
Sue Sternberg's book, GREAT DOG ADOPTIONS: A GUIDE FOR SHELTERS continues to be a outstanding resource. The book looks great and we know it has become a core resource for everyone involved in helping make safe, permanent, loving dog adoptions a reality.
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