Missing Pet Consultant Certificate Program
Make a difference
Whatever your role in the world of animal welfare, you can play a part in helping keep families together. The MPC program is suitable for animal shelter staff and volunteers, law enforcement staff who handle animal control, veterinary hospital staff, pet sitters, and any other providers of animal care services.
Advance your career
Earn continuing education credits (CEU) and improve your resume. Whether you are seeking a promotion, a new job, or a part-time retirement career, this training will add to your skill set.
Save lives
Every year, millions of dogs and cats are euthanized in animal shelters. The majority of these animals are "strays" whose owners did not find and reclaim them in time. By getting missing pets back home quickly and preventing them from becoming lost again, you can save countless lives.
Course 1: Introduction to the world of missing pets
How many pets go missing every year, how many are found, and where do they all go? In this course you will learn the scope of the problem, the societal impacts, and how you can get involved and make a difference.
Course 2: Missing pet prevention and recovery in the animal shelter
What happens to stray pets in shelters, and why are so few reclaimed? In this course you will learn the myth of pet overpopulation and how a focus on adoption perpetuates it. the barriers to owner reunion, and how to navigate the shelter system.
Course 3: Becoming a Missing Pet Consultant
How can you help owners find their pets, whether in the community or in the shelters? In this course you will learn missing pet, owner, and finder behavior, effective search techniques, and myths, scams, and bad advice to be avoided.
