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This week The Latham Foundation is proud to feature East Bay SPCA as one of our 2025 .
We are proud to highlight their School Break Animal Camps! Their spring Animal Camps are offered for this April and March. Campers learn about the human-animal bond with a fun animal twist on the traditional day camp experience. They participate in crafts, games, and animal interactions each day. Scholarships are also offered. A great way for animal-loving kids to spend school holidays!🐶
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School Break Animal Camps - East Bay SPCA School Break Animal Camps Spacing: small Our School Break Animal Camps put a fun animal twist on the traditional day camp experience. First through fifth graders will participate in crafts, games, and animal interactions each day that are sure to get your tail wagging! Scholarships are available! Ap...

Welcome to 🎉 This week is featuring The National Link Coalition, our close partner for many years.

Over the past 40 years, researchers and professionals in human services and animal welfare have established significant Links between animal abuse, child abuse and neglect, domestic violence, elder abuse and other forms of violence. Mistreating animals is no longer seen as an isolated incident that can be ignored: it is often an indicator or predictor crime and a “red flag” warning sign that other family members in the household may not be safe. If we protect pets, we also protect people — and vice versa.

The National Link Coalition has researched and provided global education and advocacy efforts and help to prevent animal abuse AND domestic violence AND child abuse AND elder abuse by showing how these forms of violence are LINKed. These inter-species connections of violence are called: The Link. The National Link Coalition is a nonprofit, multi-disciplinary, collaborative initiative to increase awareness and address public policy, programs and research. They serve as the Global Resource Center on The Link between Animal Abuse and Human Violence.

Preventing animal abuse can also prevent human violence.

https://nationallinkcoalition.org/

The LINK-Letter from the National Link Coalition is provided free of charge. To read the February issue about how animal abuse is LINKed with human violence:https://nationallinkcoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/LINK-Letter-2026-February.pdf

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Registration is now open for our February Coffee & Connect! Join us next week, February 4, for an engaging and inspiring session led by Lindsay Woge and Marcy Fenell.

We'll learn all about how to get to know others - humans AND animals - using a developmentally appropriate and gamified approach with young people.

Takeaways will include:
- interactive ways to teach the complex concepts of consent, reciprocity, agency, and umwelt to youth
- fun and replicable skits, games, and other activities you can incorporate in your humane education programs
- tools to lay a foundation for bite-free, balanced, and deep connections

Register now: https://www.aphe.org/Coffee-&-Connect

We can't wait to see you there! 👋

Connecting with a compassionate community is the key to meaningful, sustainable, and energizing work. And there's no better place to find your humane education community than at the APHE National Conference! We are so excited to announce the registration launch for 2026 🌳🩵 Our website has all the details, so learn more and register here: https://aphe.org/2026conference

This year's conference, Rooted in Empathy: Branching Out in The Bay, is all about cultivating connections, blazing new trails, and creating meaningful change in wider communities. Featuring a dynamic lineup of presentations and speakers, pre-conference Learning Labs, panels, and roundtables—there’s something for everyone. And as with all APHE conferences, you’ll find plenty of opportunities to connect, exchange ideas, and build partnerships that will last. 💕🤝🏼 We can't wait to see you there!

Welcome to 🎉 This week The Latham Foundation is proud to feature our own Dr. Annie Petersen and her Award Winning Podcast The Resilient Animal.

In honor of Adopt a Bird Month we thrilled to highlight her latest podcast: Adopt a Bird Month: The Joys and Commitments of Bird Companionship.

In this episode we celebrate 🦜 Adopt a Bird Month by exploring the benefits of bird adoption and the profound bond humans can form with these intelligent creatures. Dr. Petersen highlights the challenges and responsibilities of bird ownership, emphasizing the need for proper care, socialization, and the ethical commitment of adopting from rescues instead of buying from breeders. The episode covers various bird species, 🕊️ their unique needs, and offers guidance ensuring that potential adopters are well-prepared for a lifelong commitment.
🎤 See/hear it here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FBcu4JfoFI