Conference Schedule

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Novice Track Expert Track
7:00 Check-In and Continental Breakfast
8:00 KEYNOTE ADDRESS -- THE LINK
Phil Arkow, American Humane Association
9:00 SPOTTING ABUSE
Dr. Patricia Feeser, High Desert Animal Hospital and Karen Wyman, New Mexico Coalition Against Domestic Violence
TEACHING EMPATHY
Tamara Ward, CYFD
10:00 Morning Break
10:15 ANICARE
Dr. Karen Schaefer, NMSU
FORENSIC VETERINARY SCIENCE: Sealing Your Case Dr. Patricia Feeser, High Desert Animal Hospital
11:15 ANICARE CHILD
Tamara Ward, CYFD
HOARDING: Spotting, Treating and Investigating Cases Dr. Karen Schaefer, NMSU and City of Albuquerque Animal Control
12:15 Lunch -- NM ANIMAL CRUELTY TASK FORCE UPDATE & OVERVIEW OF NM ANIMAL LAW
Steven Suttle, New Mexico Attorney General's Office
1:15 INVESTIGATING BLOOD SPORTS
Gino Jimenez, Las Cruces Animal Control
ANIMAL WELFARE AND ELDER ABUSE Dr. Frank Ascione, University of Denver Graduate School of Social Work
2:15 PETS AND WOMEN'S SHELTERS (PAWS)
Allie Phillips, J.D., American Humane Association
10:00 Morning Break
3:30 MAINE STATEWIDE LINK INITIATIVE: A CASE STUDY
Linda Jariz, Maine Linkage Project
4:30 NEW MEXICO STRATEGIC PLAN: FORMING POSITIVE LINKS
Workshop Attendees; Facilitated by Mary Anne Shaening, Shaening & Associates
5:30 Adjourn