Among Friends

The Kirkpatrick Foundation’s Animal Conference returned for two days of advocacy at the Oklahoma City Zoo. The fourth triennial conference of the Safe & Humane initiative brought together experts and advocates alongside civic and nonprofit leaders, academics, journalists, and private citizens to advance the goal of “making Oklahoma the safest and most humane place to be an animal by the year 2032.” The program included a historical and cultural look at animals in North America by Dan Flores, insight into pet-inclusive housing by Ross Barker, a presentation by Katie Hawk of the Oklahoma Monarch Society, and a tribute to Louisa McCune, introduced by foundation chairman Christian Keesee.

Photography by Shevaun Williams and Associates.