We Chat with Stacy LeBaron - Head Cat of Community Cats Central
The world of helping cats, especially community cats, is expanding thanks, in part, to our special guest on the Oh Behave show: Stacy LeBaron of Community Cats Central. Tune in to this inspiring episode as Stacy shares with host Arden Moore the global efforts being taken to educate, network and support all cats by pet professionals, community leaders and cat lovers. Stacy's team just launched Community Cats Central that features podcasts, online learning courses, cat workshops for certification and much more.
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BIO:
Stacy LeBaron has been involved in animal welfare for over 30 years and considers herself a feline entrepreneur. She currently hosts a weekly podcast called the Community Cats Podcast where she interviews nationally and internationally renowned experts helping with the problem of cat overpopulation and cat welfare. She has recorded over 500 episodes. In addition to the podcast, Stacy is committed to the model of virtual education by holding three weekend conferences; the Online Cat Conference, The United Spay Alliance Conference, and the Online Kitten Conference. She hosts day-long sessions covering specific topics around Feline Leukemia and Behavior. The Podcast hosts three certification programs covering the topics of Trap, Neuter, and Return, Surrender Prevention, and Return to Home. The Community Cats Podcast founded the Community Cats Grants Program helping small grassroots learn fundraising skills to raise the desperately needed funds for spay/neuter surgeries and match the money raised from the Community Cats Grants program. This program has assisted over 200 groups and is now part of the United Spay Alliance.
Her mission is to encourage folks to “Turn their passion for cats into action”.
In addition to her role at the podcast, she is a partner of the Community Cat Clinic in Woodstock and Duluth, Georgia, President of PAWSitive Pantry in Vermont and Massachusetts, Treasurer at the Vermont Humane Federation, Treasurer for the Merrimack River Feline Rescue Society, Treasurer at Community Cat Champions and Treasurer and Director of Strategy at the United Spay Alliance. She is a past board member of the Massachusetts Animal Coalition and the New England Federation of Humane Societies. She serves as the current administrative trustee for the LeBaron Foundation. Previous to starting the podcast, Stacy served for 16 years as president of the Merrimack River Feline Rescue Society (MRFRS).
In addition to the above Stacy is also available for individual and group consulting to encourage others to think strategically about how they are reducing cat overpopulation in their communities by utilizing the Community Cat Pyramid and Community Cat Calculator needs assessment.
Stacy graduated from Vassar College with a degree in Urban Studies. She now lives in Vermont and Switzerland with her husband.
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