Momma Kat at house with Bear feline with their award plaque.
Katherine Kern a.k.a. Momma Kat was provided the CWA Goodnewsforpets Human-Animal Bond award at the 25th annual CWA banquet may 18 in St. Louis, Mo.
The award was provided by CWA co-founder as well as Past-President Amy Shojai to Kern for her winning post, “Do cats requirement human interaction or are they totally fine on their own?” Kern likewise won a desired Muse Medallion for the post.
Goodnewsforpets has sponsored the award for the last three years.
“I genuinely appreciate Lea-Ann (and Goodnewsforpets) for continuing the award as well as honoring the bond between humans as well as their cats — that bond is the reason so lots of people devote their occupation to cats,” stated Kern.
Lisa Lippman, DVM who judged the award agrees. She commented in her judges remarks, “I believe one of the most typical misunderstandings about cats is that they are independent to the point of indifference. When in reality, cats are commonly just as bonded to their humans as dogs (though they show it in a extremely different way!)
I selected the entry as the champion since it represents one of the most crucial aspects of the human animal bond. Whether it be between family pets as well as their owners or family pets as well as their veterinarians….while we cannot always expect animals to show us affection in methods that make sense to our human brains, we can discover to translate their like for us as well as appreciate the subtle power of the human-animal bond.”
Lippman concluded, “As a veterinarian, I requirement to depend on minute cues to assist me comprehend what is wrong. animals can’t speak to us, so we have to discover to translate their language. Whether it’s in a veterinary setting or at home, discovering to comprehend exactly how our family pets interact with us (even if it’s not always in the method we’d like) is vital to the success of the pet-human bond.”
Amy Shojai, CWA co-founder as well as a Germinder20 Power of Pink Honoree provided the award.
Lea Ann Germinder as well as CWA co-founder Amy Shojai
“I’m thrilled that Kathie Kern won this award as well as Amy Shojai was the one providing it to her. Our connection with CWA began when Amy Shojai was president as well as our connection with Kathie is just getting started. It’s a fitting method for Goodnewsforpets to join in to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the feline Writers Association,” stated Lea-Ann Germinder, editor as well as publisher of Goodnewsforpets.com.
Past recipients of the Human-Animal Bond award sponsored by Goodnewsforpets are Deb Barnes, instant past-president as well as Ramona Marek, a previous writer for Goodnewsforpets.
A special shout-out to the Shojai Mentor award champion Ramona Marek, the Michael brim Distinguished service award champion Janiss Garza as well as the President’s award champion Fran Pennock Shaw.
Kern has earned extra awards as a blog writer as well as writer as well as you can discover a lot more of her work at mommakatandherbearcat.com.
Congratulations to All!
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