In the Midst of Orphan Pet Crisis, Helen Woodward Animal Center Connects Animal Welfare Workers Across the World…
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Rancho Santa Fe, California, Aug. 07, 2023 (WORLD NEWSWIRE) — As financial issues intensify, orphan animal adoptions drop and animal well-being employees are paying the cost. In an immediate reaction, Helen Woodward Animal Center is using an unique online edition of its prominent FREE training for animal well-being groups. This 4-week workshop addresses the human result of the orphan animal crisis – empathy tiredness. A definite ask for the therapeutically-focused training is joining shelters around the world consisting of Estonia, Mexico, Canada and the UK.
Kicking off Thursday, July 13th at 12:00 p.m. PST, Helen Woodward Animal Center specialists presented over 70 animal well-being employees to speaker, Julie Chippendale, through ZOOM. The retired signed up nurse has actually taught Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction for over thirty years. Chippendale’s training addresses tension in the work environment however her multi-week workshop has actually been particularly customized to the difficulties shelter employees are dealing with.
“One of the unspoken truths about animal welfare is the devastating effects the work has on the humans at the heart of it,” explained Helen Woodward Animal Center President and CEO Mike Arms. “There is no other workplace in the world where employees are tasked to kill the very thing they love. With the latest strain on the pockets of families and individuals, orphan pet adoption has seen an extreme drop off. For shelters where euthanasia is a daily reality, the toll is heartbreaking.
In 2019, Helen Woodward Animal Center connected with Julie Chippendale to offer an on-line workshop on the subject of Compassion Fatigue (“A state experienced by those helping people or animals in distress that leads to intense tension and a preoccupation with the suffering of those being helped”). As the pandemic took hold, the unmatched variety of calls-for-help from partner companies was deafening and the terrible results it was having on the psychological health of the shelter employees was beyond worrying. Led by Julie Chippendale, the ZOOM session concentrated on mindfulness strategies to help people cultivate a capability to handle tension.
“The feedback from the group was exceptionally moving,’” said Arms. “I think that the groups were not only grateful for the training and the suggestions, but they were also grateful to see other groups seeking this assistance, knowing they were not alone.”
This year, nevertheless, issue for shelter employees is back at a fever pitch. Adoption numbers throughout the world are on the decrease. Food, lease and energy expenses take precedence over any bonus and the lives of orphan animals are what’s at stake. With the loss of each animal, the unhappiness, regret, anxiety and heartbreak boost in those who work to save these animals. Helen Woodward Animal Center’s 4-week Compassion Fatigue Seminar, taught by Chippendale, intends to bring some much-needed relief to these people. The training is FREE to anybody interested and runs, once-a-week, up until August 10. Those who wish to go to might sign up here: https://animalcenter.org/CompassionFatigue.
The Business of Saving Lives – Compassion Fatigue Edition is enabled by Julie Chippendale and Blue Buffalo. For more info on upcoming conferences, see www.animalcenter.org/conference or call 858-756-4117 x 302.
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About Helen Woodward Animal Center
Helen Woodward Animal Center is a personal, non-profit organization where “people help animals and animals help people.” Founded in 1972 in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., the Center supplies services for more than 90,000 individuals and more than 10,000 animals yearly through adoptions, instructional and healing programs both onsite and throughout the neighborhood. Helen Woodward Animal Center is likewise the developer of the International Home 4 the Holidays animal adoption drive, the International Remember Me Thursday® campaign and The Business of Saving Lives Workshops, teaching the business of conserving lives to animal well-being leaders from worldwide. For more info, go to: www.animalcenter.org.
About Julie Chippendale
For the last thirty years, Julie Chippendale has actually devoted her training to cultivate an awareness of tension and reactivity in real-time in order to learn to react with clearness and imagination. She is enthusiastic about supporting the heroes looking after animals. Her dog, Johnny is her dedicated buddy, instructor, and love. Johnny was embraced through Helen Woodward Animal Shelter in 2020.
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