National Kitten Coalition

Getting Ready for your New Family Member
2023-05-06 12:00 - 13:30 (America/New_York)
EveryCat Health Foundation and the National Kitten Coalition are hosting a three-part Webinar Series, “The Art of Raising a Happy, Healthy Kitten”.
If you are planning to or have recently added a new kitten to your family or are looking for information to share with new kitten families in your community, this series will provide crucial information for raising a kitten into a happy, healthy cat.
Part One: Getting Ready for your New Family Member
This webinar will cover:
– Selecting the right kitten (evaluating your needs and expectations, where to go, the questions to ask)
– Preparing your home (kitten proofing, necessary supplies, litterbox logistics)
– Where to go for help (finding the support you need)
Speakers: TBA
Register for three-part webinar series HERE!
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The three webinars are free, thanks to the generous support of our sponsors:

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Bottle Feeding Kittens 101
2023-04-20 14:00 - 15:00
How much do I feed a kitten? How often? How much? How do I mix the formula? There are so many things to learn when it comes to feeding a tiny kitten. In this webinar, we will teach you the basics of how to safely bottle feed a neonatal kitten and help it grow!
Presenter: Susan Spaulding, AKA “Kitten Mom”
Register for the event here
If you can’t join us for the live presentation, don’t worry! Sign up anyway, because a recording of this, and other webinars, will be available on NKC’s eLearning Center no later than 2 weeks after they air.
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2023 New England Federation of Humane Societies Conference
2023-04-15 - 2023-04-17
The NKC will be presenting at the New England Federation of Humane Societies Conference! Our topic is Splendid Kitten Care from Intake through Adoption.
The 2023 conference will take place April 15-17 in Hartford, Connecticut. We’re hoping to see some old friends there and look forward to making new ones too!
Visit https://www.newenglandfed.org/2023-nefhs-conference/ for more information.
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2023 Animal Care Expo
2023-04-03 - 2023-04-06
We’re thrilled to be presenting at the HSUS Animal Care Expo in New Orleans, Louisana! The NKC’s Rosemarie Crawford will participate in leading a full-day Learning Lab titled Kittens: Health and Life-Long Well-being. This deep dive into the smallest, most vulnerable felines will provide insight and inspiration to build your own road map to navigate kitten season and understand how to ensure that kittens in your community have the best chance to not only survive, but thrive. Click here to learn more about this comprehensive learning opportunity.
We’ll also have an exhibit booth throughout the conference so please stop by and say “Hello” and learn about the ways we can help you save more kittens!
Registration is open now.

2023 Virginia Federation of Humane Societies Conference
2023-03-29 - 2023-03-31
We’re happy to be back presenting and exhibiting at this fun and informative conference—
we love being with so many great people, coming together to learn and save more lives!
Come and stop by our booth to learn more about our life-saving programs.
Visit vfhs.org for more information and registration.

Pregnancy and Birth - Caring for Pregnant and Nursing Cats and their Kittens
2023-03-23 19:00 - 20:00
Pregnant queens with their tiny baby kittens are already arriving in many parts of our country – and in some places, the kitten season never stops!
These moms and their babies need trained fosters to save their lives. Have you thought about fostering a mom with kittens? Have you fostered already, but would like to know more? Join us for this free training!
Register for the event here
Presenter: Susan Spaulding, AKA “The Nation’s Kitten Mom”
If you can’t join us for the live presentation, don’t worry! Sign-up anyway, because a recording of this, and other webinars, will be available on NKC’s eLearning Center no later than 2 weeks after they air.

Ask The NKC
2022-11-09 14:00 - 15:00
Come ask The National Kitten Coalition’s kitten experts, Susan Spaulding, aka ‘The Nation’s Kitten Mom’ and NKC’s Rosemarie Crawford, your most pressing kitten questions!
Susan has been involved in kitten fostering for almost 30 years and is widely celebrated for her expertise in caring for neonatal orphans and special needs kittens that others have given up on. Working with veterinarians, she has developed cutting edge protocols for successfully treating upper respiratory infections and Panleukopenia. She has advised national organizations as well as dozens of local shelters and rescue organizations on neonatal issues and received numerous awards for her work from the shelter, rescue and veterinary communities.
Rosemarie is a Licensed Veterinary Technician and has worked in animal welfare for more than 15 years. She has experience in public and private shelters and in veterinary practices. While working with shelters she assisted in developing and implementing progressive, proactive protocols for the care and treatment of kittens in a kitten nursery room and in foster care and, having served in two shelters as foster coordinator, understands the challenges of creating, expanding and maintaining a foster program. She currently works in at a large, six-doctor veterinary practice in the greater Washington D.C. area.
If you can’t join us for the live presentation, don’t worry! Sign-up anyway, because a recording of this, and other webinars, will be available on NKC’s eLearning Center no later than 2 weeks after they air.
Click here to register for this FREE webinar!

2022 American Association of Feline Practitioners Conference
2022-10-27 - 2022-10-30
We’re looking forward to exhibiting at the American Association of Feline Practioners’ Conference. Veterinary professionals – this is a feline conference you won’t want to miss!
Please stop by our exhibit booth (#422) and learn about how The National Kitten Coalition can help you save more kittens.
Visit the AAFP website for conference and registration information.

SKIP: Saving Kittens In Partnership
2022-10-19 13:00 - 14:00
Join us for this FREE guest National Kitten Rescue webinar hosted by NKC to learn more about an innovative program that will help save vulnerable kittens at risk of being euthanized. This webinar will inspire you to rescue and rehabilitate the most at-risk of kittens, the ones that are dying every day upon arrival at shelters.
Thanks to a generous grant from The Humane Society of the United States, the Newborn Kitten Rescue has teamed with The National Kitten Coalition to produce a Toolkit for you to start or adapt your rescue to focus on these ‘last chance’ kittens that need us the most. This webinar will walk you through the highlights of that toolkit, which is available on the NKC and HSUS websites.
If you can’t join us for the live presentation, don’t worry! Sign-up anyway, because a recording of this, and other webinars, will be available on NKC’s eLearning Center no later than 2 weeks after they air.
Click here to register for this free webinar!

2022 Texas Unites for Animals Conference
2022-10-14 - 2022-10-17
We’re thrilled to be invited back again this year to present at this amazing conference!
NKC’s Rosemarie Crawford, LVT will be presenting a session about Splendid Kitten Care from Intake to Adoption. Successful kitten care is multi-faceted, and looking at overall kitten care from many angles reveals how individual parts can work together to produce spectacular results.
Join us at the Texas Unites Conference in Austin, Texas and hear this and other outstanding presentations.

2022 NKC Veterinary Conference
2022-10-02 10:00 - 18:00 | Online
Join colleagues at the 3rd annual National Kitten Coalition Veterinary Conference!
This one-day, live, online event welcomes renowned speakers and attendees from around the world with the common goal of sharing information to help kittens and increase their survival rates.
Click here for speaker and presentation information!
Thanks to our sponsors, NKC is able to offer this event at a substantially reduced registration price of $45. Registration includes access to the live event as well as to the session recordings. Click here to register!
Interested in sponsoring this event to help keep the registration cost affordable? Click here to see the Sponsorship Brochure!

Are you ready for CATastrophe?
2022-09-07 14:00 - 15:00
Disasters can affect anyone. Preparing to care for your family, pets, fosters, and shelter animals during and after an emergency is vital before the disaster hits.
This session will offer participants a brief overview of emergency planning and response for animal shelters, rescue groups, and foster parents, with a focus on considerations for kittens. It will cover common emergencies to prepare for, information on creating an emergency plan for shelters and foster homes in advance of a crisis, and agencies and organizations that can help with the process. We will also touch on the concept of community animal response teams and how you can join or create a team within your community.
Speaker: Joanna Fortin, Director of Community Programs, Animal Welfare League of Alexandria (VA)
Click here to register for this free webinar!

Diarrhea on the Run
2022-08-17 18:00 - 19:00
This FREE webinar is presented by The National Kitten Coalition. Get the down and dirty basics about diarrhea in kittens. Understand the causes, know what you can do to provide supportive care, and learn about treatment options to address a variety of diarrhea causes.
Presenter: Rosemarie Crawford, LVT
Click here to register for this free webinar!

What Color is My Cat?
2022-07-21 14:00 - 15:00
A colorful, fun presentation, based on Cat Genetics “101”, describing the fundamentals of identifying cat colors and patterns.
The presentation also discusses some of the most popular breeds of cats. With less than 5% of companion cats being an actual “breed” of cat, the common model of describing dogs in terms of combinations of “breeds”, doesn’t work in the world of cats.
Participants learn that “tabbies” are not a breed of cat but all cats are tabby cats! What’s the difference between a tortie and a calico, why do some white kittens have a little black mark on the top of their heads, what do all pointed cats have in common? Participants learn the answers and much more.
Speaker: Vickie Fisher, President, EveryCat Health Foundation
Click here to register for this free webinar!

Kitten Safety - Summer Edition
2022-06-28 19:00 - 19:30
Join us in a presentation highlighting potential safety hazards and practical ways to keep your kittens safe this summer season!
Presenter: Rosemarie Crawford, LVT
Click here to register for this FREE webinar!

Fading Kitten Syndrome--Fight the Fade
2022-06-16 14:00 - 15:00
Description: This webinar will discuss fading kitten syndrome including signs, causes, treatments and prevention.
With the information provided in the webinar, attendees will understand these aspects of FKS and be better able to help kittens by recognizing early signs of “fading”, taking immediate and appropriate actions, and knowing what can be done to prevent some cases of fading kitten syndrome from ever occurring in the first place.
Presenter: Rosemarie Crawford, LVT
Click here to register for this FREE webinar!

2022 Online Kitten Conference
2022-06-10 19:00 - 2022-06-12 17:00
The 2022 Online Kitten Conference, hosted in partnership with our friends at The Community Cats Podcast, promises to be another great event offering amazing speakers and useful information to help shelters, rescues, foster parents and the general public save kittens and provide excellent care to get them started off on the right paw along the path to happy, healthy adult lives.
This three-day virtual gathering will feature presentations by experts on raising and saving kittens, setting up and managing kitten-centered shelter programs, and more. Since this is a virtual event, you’ll have an opportunity to gain valuable insights and have your questions answered by some of the most knowledgeable leaders in the animal welfare community—without the expense and hassle of traveling.
The cost for registration is $75 for three engaging days.
Click to Register!
Dates and Times:
June 10th 7:00-8:30PM EST.
June 11th & 12th | 10:00AM-5:00PM EST.

Pregnancy and Birth- Caring for Pregnant and Nursing Cats and their Kittens
2022-05-19 14:00 - 15:00
Description: Pregnant queens with their tiny baby kittens are already arriving in many parts of our country – and in some places, the kitten season never stops! These moms and their babies need trained fosters to save their lives.
Have you thought about fostering a mom with kittens? Have you fostered already, but would like to know more? Join us for this free training!
Presenter: Susan Spaulding, AKA “Kitten Mom”
Click here to register for this FREE webinar!

Purr-fect First Aid Tips for Kitties with Arden Moore
2022-04-21 14:00 - 15:00
Join The National Kitten Coalition and guest speaker Arden Moore for some First Aid Tips as we enter kitten season!
If you can’t join us for the live presentation, don’t worry! Sign-up anyway, because a recording of this, and the other Webinars, will be available on NKC’s eLearning Center no later than 2 weeks after it airs.
Presenter: Arden Moore: Master Pet First Aid/CPR Instructor and Founder of Pet First Aid 4 U.
Click here to register for this FREE webinar!

Immediate Critical Care for the Kitten
2022-04-06 18:00 - 19:00
What do you do when you find a kitten that has been found outside exposed to the elements? What issues do you need to address immediately before you ever offer a kitten a bottle?
In this webinar, we will discuss how to recognize hypo- and hyperthermia, hypoglycemia, dehydration and more, and get you the info you need to start intervening for your kitten right away.
We want you to feel confident in getting baby through this rough patch of life and on to a solid road of recovery and growth.
Presenter: Susan Spaulding (Kitten Mom)
Click here to register for this FREE webinar!

Bottle-Feeding Kittens 101
2022-03-24 14:00 - 15:00
Description: How much do I feed a kitten? How often? How much? How do I mix the formula? There are so many things to learn when it comes to feeding a tiny kitten.
In this webinar, we will teach you the basics on how to safely bottle-feed a neonatal kitten and help it grow!
Presenter: Susan Spaulding, AKA “Kitten Mom”
Click here to register for this FREE webinar!

Kitten Safety - Spring Edition
2022-03-10 19:00 - 19:30
Description: Join us in a presentation highlighting potential safety hazards and practical ways to keep your kittens safe this spring season!
Presenter: Rosemarie Crawford, LVT
Click here to register for this FREE webinar!

Webinar: Kitten Technology to the Rescue
2022-02-17 18:00 - 19:00
Kitten Technology to the Rescue: Deep Dive into Doobert Fosterspace, Case Management, and RescueTUBE Technology Tools
Does your kitten foster program need some tech to help you take it to another level?
Join us as the founder of Doobert, Chris Roy, gets us caught up on the latest features with their amazing Fosterspace toolset, their RescueTUBE module that makes it easy to get videos back from fosters, and their newest release, Companion Case Management (CCM).
All of these amazing tools in one platform that brings you over 35,000 volunteers and is the only platform that manages transport. We’ll leave plenty of time for Q&A as this is a session we know you don’t want to miss!
Speaker: Chris Roy, Creator of Doobert.com & Host of The Animal Innovation Show Podcast
Click here to register for this free webinar!

Webinar: The P's of Panleukopenia
2022-01-27 14:00 - 15:00
This webinar will cover information about various aspects of Panleukopenia including Presentation, disease Progression, treatment Protocols and Prevention.
Attendees will learn how to recognize signs of the illness and respond with supportive care and treatments as prescribed by a veterinarian.
This presentation will provide need-to-know information for everyone who fosters and cares for kittens. Be prepared before Panleukopenia strikes!
Presenter: Rosemarie Crawford, LVT
Click here to register for this FREE webinar!
