Wayne County Workshop: Animal Handling and Capture for Professionals

Name: Wayne County Workshop: Animal Handling and Capture for Professionals
Start: 2025-09-19T08:30:00-04:00
End: 2025-09-19T16:00:00-04:00
Location: 12973 Farmington Rd, Livonia, MI 48150-4202, United States

Schedule

Fri Sep 19 2025 at 08:30 am to 04:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

12973 Farmington Rd, Livonia, MI 48150-4202, United States | Livonia, MI

Humane animal handling and capture are central to our industry. How we perform these functions can have lasting implications for animals throughout their lives and have a direct impact on length of stay and shelter outcomes. Our understanding of animal needs has evolved from the early days of the ‘get it done by any means’ mentality to a push for fear-free methods, but animals and situations continue to challenge us. How do we put fear-free tactics into action amidst so many variables?
In this session, animal handling and capture expert John Peaveler will help you and your organization think outside the box to reimagine tools and to implement techniques to perform in a safe, effective and humane manner regardless of animal disposition. This session is suitable for both in-field and in-shelter staff. It will help operational and leadership staff navigate numerous factors, including risk, safety, animal welfare, time management, animal outcomes and best practices.
Register today, before the workshop sells out: www.michiganpet.org/education-and-training/2025workshops/
Details:
Livonia Department of Public Works
12973 Farmington Road
Livonia, Michigan
Friday, September 19, 8:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.