OkcPets Magazine July 2021

SC OTT MCDONALD GRAY CITY STUDIOS Reg i s t e r Now | Ok l ahoma Con t empo r a r y Ar t s Ce n t e r, Ok l ahoma Ci t y Th eAn i ma l Con f e re n c e . c om K i r k pa t r i c k Fou nda t i on . c om August 27 & 28, 2021 P l e a s e J o i n Us a t t h e ANIMAL Co n f e r e n c e . Brian Hare Author, The Genius of Dogs Casey McLean Executive Director, Sealife Response + Rehab + Research, SR3 John Herrington Retired NASA Astronaut Michelle Lute National Carnivore Conservation Manager, Project Coyote Carlos Risco Dean, College of Veterinary Medicine at Oklahoma State University Amanda Max eld Green US Magistrate Judge, Western District of Oklahoma James Pepper Henry Executive Director, First Americans Museum Paul Kirbas President and CEO, Graduate Theological Foundation Michael J. Blackwell Assistant Surgeon General and Director, Program for Pet Health Equity Rachel Dreskin CEO, Plant Based Foods Association Philip Tedeschi Co-founder, Institute for Human-Animal Connection Nancy Snow Professor and Director, Institute for the Study of Human Flourishing at the University of Oklahoma CALLING ALL ANIMAL LOVERS! e third triennial ANIMAL Conference will be held in Oklahoma City on August 27 and 28, 2021. e two-day event will bring together advocates, academics, experts, journalists, philanthropists, and community leaders from across the United States and Oklahoma to discuss animal issues of all kinds. Hosted by Kirkpatrick Foundation , the ANIMAL Conference will include thirty-two engaging speakers, plus poetry and performance, art installations, a cat café, book signings and Full Circle Bookstore, Open Space roundtables for communications and development, and a repeat visit from the Lutheran Church Charities K-9 Comfort Dogs. e Kirkpatrick Honor for Animal Wellbeing will be presented to Jamee Suarez and Robin Suarez of Oklahoma Alliance for Animals. Continuing education credit will be available to attendees. We invite you to join us and hope to see you soon. All Creatures Great & Small