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prairie states conference - A success!

IAWF hosted the 2025 Prairie States Animal Welfare Conference on June 1-3, 2025 at the DoubleTree by Hilton in Bloomington, IL. More than 225 individuals from the animal welfare industry were in attendance! Click here to view photos from the conference.

There was a fantastic lineup of speakers and sessions! Here are just a few of the sessions attendees were able to attend...

  • Keynote Address: United for Animals: Bridging Compassion for a Better Future by Dr. Josh Fisher, Charlotte-Mecklenburg AC&C, NACA
  • General Session: Learn What the Monster Likes... and Feed It! Bridging the Animal Rights/Welfare Gap by Focusing on The Link between Animal Abuse and Human Violence by Phil Arkow, The National LINK Coalition
  • Tall Tails: Are You Barking Up the Wrong Tree? by Paul Hebblethwaite and Alison McCarty, TrueSense Marketing
  • Caring for Caregivers: Nurturing Wellness in Animal Welfare by Ellie Feldman, REAL Solutions 4

  • Animal Handling and Capture for Professionals by John Peaveler, Humane Innovations

To learn more about this year's conference, dowload the brochure.

Questions? Contact Angie Wood, PSC Conference Coordinator, at prairiestates@iawf.net.

* Please note we do not sell our attendee list to third parties. Be leery of any email offers to sell you a list of attendees because it is a scam.   





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