Catherine Haskins "An Evolutionary Love Affair with Animals and The People Who Care For Them" on Why Do Pets Matter? with Debra Hamilton Podcast #135

Catherine Haskins “An Evolutionary Love Affair with Animals and The People Who Care For Them” on Why Do Pets Matter? with Debra Hamilton Podcast #135

The human-animal bond reveals itself in some surprisingly awesome ways during the wee hours of the morning for Catherine Haskins. And, she has fallen even more deeply in love with animals and the people who care for them during her career as a conversationalist and communications strategist in the animal health industry.

Enjoy this conversation and be sure to check out this amazing resource:

The Bridge Club Pets -- a virtual community for pet parents. Be sure to stop by and check it out!
https://www.thebridgeclubpets.com/

More About Catherine Haskins

For more than 25 years, Catherine has combined strategic insights to solve complex problems, build reputations and protect the integrity of products and services for some of the world's most notable brands. Her expertise has enable her to focus solidly on impacting the bottom-line while enhancing a stakeholder's overall experience with a brand. She is an animal health industry insider and is consulted often on both pipeline and issues management.

Today, Catherine also leads Haskins Consulting, a strategic communications company dedicated to assisting organizations navigate internal and external communications challenges and opportunities. She is the co-founder of The Bridge Club, the first video-based professional community, engaging the veterinary industry's best in an in-depth conversation about industry issues. The Bridge Club inspires professional and personal growth and creates connections. It’s a "Ted-Talks meets LinkedIn + book club" concept that brings people together in an atmosphere of trust and camaraderie.

Throughout her career, she has been honored with multiple awards, but her most recent accolade came from being able to call herself an author, by publishing her first children’s book, Nicknames.

 

More About Debra Hamilton

Debra Hamilton is a pet lover extraordinaire! Debra is a full-time mediator and conflict coach for people in disputes over animals and hosts Why Do Pets Matter? to further understanding, compassion and respect for animals globally. She is also a preservationist breeder of Irish Setters!

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https://hamiltonlawandmediation.com/

e-mail: [email protected]

phone: 914.552.5021

Debra works both nationwide and internationally. She has far-reaching experience in resolving interpersonal conflicts involving animals, and she is also well-known in the world of purebred dogs as a top breeder and exhibitor of Irish setters and long-haired dachshunds.

Debra speaks widely on the topic of how mediation techniques can help people address conflicts without litigation. She has presented at veterinary schools, the American Kennel Club, the American Veterinary Medical Law Association, the Society of Animal Welfare Administrators, the Living With Animals conference, state bar association Animal Law Committee meetings, and animal interest group meetings. Debra also writes a blog for Hamilton Law and Mediation and is a past contributor to the Solo Practice University blog and the Canine Chronicle.

She has been featured in Forbes, the Wall Street Journal, US News and World Report, and the New York Times, just to name a few.

As the principal at Hamilton Law and Mediation, PLLC—the nation’s first solo mediation practice dedicated to helping people resolve conflicts over animals—Debra uses alternative dispute resolution to help address disagreements over the family pet during divorce, neighbors’ arguments over a barking dog, and confrontations between clients and veterinarians and other professionals who work with animals.

HLM also looks forward to helping animal rights and welfare advocates see the benefit of having a conversation about the best interests of all parties—especially the animals—to resolve animal-related disputes.

Debra is admitted to practice law in all New York State courts. She is certified as a mediator and collaborative professional and has worked with various court-based mediation programs in New York City (Queens-Community Mediation Service) and in Westchester and Rockland Counties in New York (Westchester and Rockland Mediation Centers).