EPAS Unleashed

If you have baby fever, or you just love kittens and thought about fostering, this episode is for you! We get down to the nitty gritty of fostering neonatal kittens, kitten season and TNR (trap-neuter-return) with this month's special guest, Nicole Wisneskie from Best Friends Animal Society. 

To find more information about kitten season and fostering, visit our website www.SaveTheKittensEP.com. 

About Nicole Wisneskie and the Shelter Embed Project

Nicole is an Operations Manager with Best Friends Animal Society who is currently embedded in operations at El Paso Animal Services for the next year to assist the department with enhancing lifesaving programs. She comes to El Paso from Los Angeles, and is a Licensed Veterinary Technician who specializes in neonates, foster programs and medical programming. The Best Friends National Shelter Embed Program allows Best Friends staff to work side-by-side with animal welfare agencies across the country to help them implement proven lifesaving strategies and help scale programs to the next level to increase community resources and save more lives. 

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In this month's episode of the EPAS Unleashed Podcast, we're talking to our sole resident veterinarian, Dr. Tony Chacon, about National Spay/Neuter Awareness Month or National Prevent A Litter Month, the importance of spaying or neutering your pet, the health and behavior benefits, and some common misconceptions associated with fixing your pet. 

To find spay/neuter resources in the El Paso community, visit our partners www.EPVMA.org. 

About Dr. Tony Chacon
Dr. Chacon is a borderland native, growing up in Anthony and started his education at NMSU and then moved to the United Kingdom to attend the Royal Veterinary College. After graduation, he began working as a veterinarian in private practice, but after the pandemic, decided to move back home to be closer with family. He started at El Paso Animal Services in September 2022.

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On our last episode, we talked about National Train Your Dog Month. This bonus Q&A episode, we took your questions to one of our Training & Enrichment Coordinators, Mason Castillo.

Tune in later this month where we'll talk with our Veterinarian, Dr. Tony Chacon about Spay/Neuter Awareness Month and the many benefits of making sure your pet is spayed or neutered. 

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Kicking the year off with our very first episode of EPAS Unleashed! January is National Train Your Dog Month, so this month we are talking to El Paso Animal Services' very own Animal Training & Enrichment Coordinator, Mason Castillo about what animal training is, the importance of puppy socialization, and learning animal behavior. 

El Paso Animal Services offers great resources to new pet parents and foster parents to help ease the transition of welcoming a new pet into your family. Visit our website for a list of resources mentioned in this month's episode!

About Mason Castillo
Mason Castillo is a certified Shelter Behavior Affiliate with the IAABC and Bite Prevention Educator, a professional member of the PPG and holds numerous certifications in animal behavior. Mason was a graphic designer by trade, but after volunteering at the El Paso Animal Services shelter seven years ago, he fell in love with animal welfare and changed career paths to focus on animal training, enrichment and behavior.

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Hello animal lovers! We are excited to introduce our new podcast, EPAS Unleashed! Every month we'll bring you new episodes covering various topics, including pet tips, lifesaving news, special guests and more. We are making this for you, our community, and would love to cover topics you'd find interesting—reach out to us if you have an idea! Email us at [email protected].

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