Members of The Association benefit from targeted education and professional certification. The Association Certified Animal Welfare Administrators (CAWA) possess well rounded experience and unique animal welfare knowledge to support agency missions and long term growth.
The Association is the only international society of leaders actively leading and managing community animal shelters/animal control agencies.
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This online benchmarking platform is a comprehensive resource designed to give on-demand insights related to compensation and benefits across nearly 70 animal welfare job descriptions, representing organizations across the United States and Canada.
The National Council on Pet Population is the leading resource for timely, science-based data, information and trends on the population of cats and dogs and the mutually beneficial interaction between these animals and humans.
Pets have the power to transform our lives. Nutrition has the power to transform theirs.
Committed to strengthening communities by supporting pets and
those who love them.
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