{"id":829,"date":"2014-11-12T21:43:03","date_gmt":"2014-11-12T21:43:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/?p=829"},"modified":"2014-11-12T21:43:03","modified_gmt":"2014-11-12T21:43:03","slug":"naia-2014-annual-conference-thank-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/naia-conference\/naia-2014-annual-conference-thank-you\/","title":{"rendered":"NAIA 2014 Annual Conference: Thank You!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is hard to come up with enough superlatives for this year&#8217;s NAIA Annual Conference. Every year, we are\u00a0blessed with speakers possessing expertise, passion, and a gift for explaining the importance of their work &#8212; and every year, the event\u00a0grows and improves.<\/p>\n<p>Our conferences consist of people from such varied backgrounds: agriculture, science, hobbies and sports, rescue, public health, and business owners just to name a few. But they are all brought together by their dedication to the animals in their lives and their desire to share their stories in a way that empowers others.<\/p>\n<p>This year was no exception: topics as varied as the chilling effect of activists on animal science, indigenous hunting rights, the fight for the carriage horse industry,\u00a0food freedom,\u00a0the landmark $25\u00a0million\u00a0settlement paid by HSUS, ASPCA, et al. to Feld Entertainment, the current state of animal activism (&#8220;anarchy&#8221;) in the UK, and\u00a0HBO&#8217;s hit piece on the AKC (<em>Unnatural Selection<\/em>), there was indeed something for everybody!<\/p>\n<p>To everybody who presented, attended, and volunteered: thank you! We can&#8217;t do it without you &#8212; and we can&#8217;t wait\u00a0to see you again next year!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-687\" src=\"http:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Logo-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Logo-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Logo-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Logo.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is hard to come up with enough superlatives for this year&#8217;s NAIA Annual Conference. Every year, we are blessed with speakers possessing expertise, passion, and a gift for explaining the importance of their work &#8212; and every year, the event grows and improves!<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[14],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/829"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=829"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/829\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":831,"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/829\/revisions\/831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}