Animal Welfare

Upcoming Webinars

10 / 17 / 2023

We will review how to be successful in a prosecution of a pet store in your locality.  We will hit the highlights of investigations and the pitfalls which can be [...]

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11 / 14 / 2023

Animal cruelty is often linked to underlying mental health issues or illnesses, trauma, addictions, or other treatable conditions. Forensic presentence evaluations examine all of the factors surrounding an animal cruelty [...]

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11 / 28 / 2023

Participants will learn of the bi-directional relationship between community violence and family violence. Topics such as attachment/internal working models, adverse childhood experiences, and toxic stress effects will be discussed [...]

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01 / 25 / 2024

The animal protection field is both incredibly rewarding and challenging. This course will discuss the causes and symptoms of compassion fatigue and provide a suite of skills for building and [...]

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David Rosengard
02 / 13 / 2024

Join Deputy District Attorney Jill Hollander and Animal Legal Defense Fund Managing Attorney David B. Rosengard for a discussion of programs that pair defendants (either via diversion or as part [...]

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John Griffin
03 / 19 / 2024

Are you maximizing the ability of your agency to respond to calls about birds and squirrels that have fallen out of nests, very young raccoons seen without mom, or fawns [...]

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Katie Campbell
03 / 28 / 2024

What happens when we support people in crisis and their pets? Join this interactive discussion to learn how creating a pet housing program not only removes a significant barrier to [...]

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José Ocaño
04 / 02 / 2024

The average American worker spends at least one-third of their life at work. Research indicates that our experiences in the workplace have a direct impact on our mental, emotional, financial, [...]

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Jessica Chapman
05 / 07 / 2024

Tribal nations came before and now co-exist with the United States. Each tribal nation’s relationship with the United States federal government and state governments is unique and layered with [...]

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John Griffin
06 / 04 / 2024

Our gardens and landscapes couldn't flourish without wildlife, but a significant volume of complaint calls about various wildlife species arise out of the public's interactions with animals like chipmunks, deer, [...]

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Jessica Dolce
06 / 27 / 2024

The past few years in animal welfare have been especially difficult, leaving many profoundly depleted. Given the challenges in our field, what can we do to care for ourselves, our [...]

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Phil Arkow
07 / 16 / 2024

For far too long, social work has conspicuously ignored companion animals’ impact on human well-being and functioning, the powerful human-animal attachments that enhance or hinder clients’ responses to interventions, and [...]

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Dave Pauli
08 / 01 / 2024

This webinar will explore the issues, the challenges, and the opportunities for agencies and individuals to promote non-lethal snake policies and protocols.  We will cover a brief overview of snake [...]

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Katherine Youssouf
Linda Fielder
08 / 22 / 2024

The persistence of cockfighting in the U.S. territories is a serious issue, but it is not strictly a territorial one. Even though federal law makes it a crime to “[...]

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Recorded Webinars

Claudine Wilkins

There are roughly 80 million dogs in US homes as family pets and every 40 seconds someone in the US seeks medical attention for a dog bite. In this comprehensive discussion, Claudine [...]

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Linda Fielder

Animal cruelty cases are unusual and highly nuanced – in between unconventional witnesses, victims, and evidence and lack of awareness, it can get pretty tricky to investigate and prosecute. The Animal [...]

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Jennifer Toussaint

Animal care and control agencies are receiving and responding to community calls relating to native wildlife despite resource and manpower shortages. When the demand is greater than the supply, service [...]

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Angelina Martin

These days, social media marketing is a valuable skill for just about any entity that wants to reach and engage with its target audience. The same is true for the [...]

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Danielle Bays
Lynsey White

Cats and wildlife often go in conflict with each other. The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) understands that despite the risk one poses for the other, it is [...]

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Harold Holmes

Animal control officers are responsible for upholding the law and protecting animals. Part of their roles is the need to make difficult ethical decisions every day that balance the needs [...]

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Emily Lewis

Prosecuting animal cruelty cases can present challenges like lack of evidence, limited resources, sentencing limits, and lack of awareness on the laws by both those within the criminal justice space [...]

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Trevor Whipple

Community engagement and de-escalation are essential in the animal welfare profession. By taking on a guardian mindset instead of a warrior approach, animal welfare professionals are able to build trust, [...]

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David Rosengard

This webinar discusses the intersection between animal law and First Amendment Rights, looking at pivotal cases and case laws where these two legal areas were argued to balance animal cruelty [...]

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John Griffin

The ideal deer habitat is forested areas with a mix of open grassy areas and dense vegetation. Deer, however, end up in urban areas due to characteristics of human settlements [...]

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Jace Huggins

Animal care and control agencies are traditionally and often viewed as dog catchers who are only there to fine community members for simple missteps they’ve had with their pets. [...]

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Phil Arkow

99% of US households see pets as family members or close companions. This same wonderful, feel-good statistic depicting the human-animal bond is being leveraged by abusers where pets become a pawn [...]

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Katherine Youssouf

The five major US territories, in a nutshell, are governed by US laws and are paying US federal tax, but not provided the representation that states enjoy. With a complex [...]

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Julie Bank

This is the second installment of a two-part webinar series on fundraising focused on animal welfare organizations. The first part outlined steps for jumpstarting fundraising initiatives, misconceptions about fundraising, the [...]

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Harold Holmes

The roles of police officers and animal control officers overlap and are bound by a common goal of safety for both people and animals. But these two areas of law [...]

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Jessica Chapman
David Rosengard

The One Health approach recognizes that animal welfare is critical, as the outcomes of animals impact the outcomes of humans and the whole ecosystem. This session explores animal welfare and [...]

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Lynsey White

Humans are using more and more areas for settlements. In the process, wildlife that also live within the areas being developed into communities may find themselves in conflict with humans. [...]

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Angelina Martin

Content is king. This is a phrase that has been used in the tech space since the 1990s. In 2023, does this adage still measure up? Is it still content that [...]

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Julie Bank

Lack of funding and resources are common pain points for animal control and welfare organizations, so any help – be it in-kind, monetary, or volunteer hours – is always welcome. This webinar [...]

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Kathleen Wood
Emily Lewis

A crime scene is defined as the place where an offense has been committed and forensic evidence may be gathered. With this in mind, the bodies of animals serve as [...]

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Nick Walton

Community engagement may seem like a buzzword in the public safety spaces, a new program to adopt and then maybe replace with a new one in a few years. In [...]

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Andrew Campbell

The nature vs. nurture debate is one that sparked interest in behavioral communities. In cases of children raised in abusive households, it seems like the odds are not in their [...]

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David Rosengard

The core mission of animal law is to get the legal system to recognize the experience and interests of animals. While their legal status can’t afford them rights, procedures [...]

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Angelina Martin

71% of people check their smartphones within 10 minutes of waking up. Whether it is just to check the time, critical emails or messages received, or catch up on news and other [...]

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John Griffin

Bats are one of the few animal species that have quite a bad reputation based on how they are portrayed in folklore, media, and even sciences as a culprit to [...]

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Nina Stively

There seems to be a never-ending influx of pets that want some space in your shelter, but the space available is always limited. When resources are finite yet there’s [...]

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Nick Walton

Animal control officers are playing a much larger role today in the reduction of shelter intake by choosing to identify and return stray dogs to their families without bringing them [...]

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Jennifer Toussaint

Disasters are inevitable, and with around 2/3 of US households with at least one pet or animal, it only makes sense to make sure that they are part of any disaster [...]

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Shawna Weaver

The majority of American households have pets, and pets are seen as an integral part of the human family experience. Upholding public safety means taking pets into account in our [...]

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Angelina Martin

Animal welfare organizations and the communities they serve have a symbiotic relationship. The community seeks the animal welfare agency’s help when they have situations that entail specialized skills and [...]

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Dave Pauli

Birds tend to be a welcome addition to human spaces – that is until instead of relaxing songs they create noisy caws, and instead of a pair perching by your window, [...]

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Robyn Katz
Dr. Kris Otteman DVM

More and more agencies across the US are understanding the concept of the Link – where animal cruelty typically coincides with other forms of family violence. With this comes the recognition [...]

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Adam Leath

Animal control and welfare agencies are challenged when it comes to resources. These challenges are further exasperated when they face animal hoarding cases. First, animal hoarding cases require space, manpower, [...]

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Kim Mosiman
Linda Fielder

Law enforcement agencies don’t always have familiarity with animal cruelty laws, and in the instance that they do,  it often only involves companion animals dogs and cats. Knowledge of [...]

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Adam Leath

Animal care and control agencies across the US experience similar issues in terms of shortage of resources – be it manpower or finances. But as with any government agency, they are [...]

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Phil Arkow

Professionals working in the human medical field are legally mandated to report suspected incidents of domestic, child, or elder abuse. Understanding the concept of the Link – how forms of family [...]

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Lynsey White

Conflicts between humans and wildlife seem to be inevitable. These are often because of a lack of awareness in humans. Specialized agencies and professionals are expected to handle these conflicts [...]

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Jessica Chapman
David Rosengard

Restorative justice can be traced back to traditions and justice systems of indigenous and pre-industrial societies where interactions and relationships between the victim and offender as community members may be [...]

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Lori R. Todd

Animal welfare agencies, as well as other branches of the criminal justice profession, can all attest to the challenges when it comes to resource allocation, especially manpower. Because of this, [...]

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Jessica Simpson

Thirty to forty million renters across the country are at risk of being evicted from their homes due to the pandemic and resulting unemployment. this means that an estimated 10 to 11 [...]

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Harold Holmes

Administrative actions are found in a variety of places. Animal welfare and control agencies may be subjected to administrative actions when they infringe on property interests as they interact with [...]

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John Griffin

This is the second installment of the webinar series on Reuniting and Renesting Orphaned Wildlife. The first webinar talks about urban wildlife conflicts, reuniting steps and framework, and specific guidance [...]

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Phil Arkow

There's been a growing awareness on the Link of animal cruelty to forms of family violence thanks to the tireless efforts of various organizations. This webinar provides a comprehensive discussion [...]

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Linda Fielder
Emily Lewis

A collaborative approach is seen to be effective in the law enforcement and justice profession highlighting the importance of the different players’ roles in the case. In animal cruelty cases, [...]

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Angelina Martin

Social media marketing is important. But this fact was only emphasized further during the pandemic as people were told to stay in their homes and marketing efforts that require physical [...]

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Charnita Fox
Marnie Russ
Jennifer Toussaint

For the Animal Welfare League of Arlington (AWLA) in Virginia, euthanasia has been proven to be ineffective in successfully reducing community cat populations. With this in mind, they decided to [...]

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Anna Walton

More than being the middleman that collects information and relays it to the first responders on the field, the role of dispatchers has expanded and now involves actual call resolution [...]

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Erin Aiello
Janette Reever

The criminal justice system and its procedures are inherently complex. It requires anyone working within and those who find themselves dealing with it to be as comprehensive when it comes [...]

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Adam Leath

Those working in public safety and emergency response are exposed to significantly more stress and trauma-inducing critical incidents than the general population. Numerous efforts are being implemented by agencies in [...]

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Lynsey White

Problems with wildlife are often because of a lack of awareness in humans – even with the agencies and professionals who are expected to handle the conflicts on behalf of the [...]

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Jennifer Toussaint

As humans, we have some faults and misses when it comes to communicating. It can be in the form of listening to respond instead of understanding, injecting ourselves and our [...]

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Andrew Campbell

The rural community setting – isolated homes, lack of or hard-to-reach community resources, and community members knowing each other – may create a greater risk of family violence. Given these characteristics, a [...]

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Josh Fisher

This is the second installment of a two-part webinar series on data-driven decision making for animal welfare organizations. The first course provided guidance on which data to track, the importance [...]

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Amy Yeager

Animal shelters and rescues are overwhelmed with the number of animals they have to oversee. Getting the community involved in caring for these animals through fostering and adoptions eases the [...]

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Richard Samuels
Michelle Welch

Animal cruelty cases are complex. Mainly because not everyone in the criminal justice system is as versed with animal law, and handling animals poses real physical dangers to anyone responding [...]

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Tanya Smith
Tammy Thies

About a year or two ago, the documentary Tiger King roused the public’s awareness about an odd American subculture – one that breeds and raises big cats. Outside of the [...]

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Josh Fisher

Dataism is deemed as the modern-day ideology. Everything must be backed up by some sort of data to be considered compelling. Some industries however weren’t founded to be data-focused [...]

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Dave Pauli

It’s commonly thought that removing animals from urban areas and releasing them into the wild is humane. However, multiple studies show that this isn’t the truth and that [...]

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Jake Kamins

To get people to do things and follow specific rules, you tell them what to do. But for some, getting things etched in their memory requires a more creative approach. [...]

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Lori R. Todd

A lot of public safety agencies have difficulties when it comes to resources and must find ways to make things work. In between the lack of funds, needed equipment, and [...]

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David Rosengard

When people think of farmed animals, what comes to mind are chickens, cows, and pigs. Its legal definition however provides specific conditions for an animal to be part of this [...]

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Jake Kamins

We all have some vague idea about how the justice system works, be it with how it is portrayed in the media, with how public trials are covered in the [...]

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David Rosengard

Meaningful progress in crime victims’ rights in the US truly shaped criminal justice. The best part, the past decade or so witnessed society’s recognition of the sentience of animals [...]

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John Griffin
Dave Pauli

Protect yourself and others and do no harm – these are the two primary guiding principles for organizations working with wildlife. But what does this exactly mean and look like? This [...]

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Michelle Welch

Animal crimes can be tedious to investigate and prosecute but for small and rural law enforcement agencies, there are unique circumstances that make these even more challenging. Michelle Welch is [...]

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Trevor Whipple

People love animals. Sometimes the role of animals for their humans are so valuable that humans depend on them  for daily activities as in the case of service animals and [...]

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Madisen Taylor
Alicia Dease
Adam Leath

Animals are unpredictable, thus the job of an Animal Control Officer (ACOs) takes on the same nature. When expecting the unexpected, it always makes sense to come prepared, and for [...]

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Katie Campbell

Child abuse, elder abuse, domestic violence, animal abuse – when one of these things is happening in a household, there is a likelihood that these other things are transpiring as well. [...]

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Chris Brosan

When someone decides to be in the law enforcement profession, they might not necessarily be thinking of having to deal with animals and it is assumed that animals remain within [...]

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Michelle Welch

When it comes to making the call in terms of charging for animal law crimes, what the statute prescribes is essential, but context also plays a huge part in determining [...]

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Shannon Harkey

Public safety agencies are inundated with so much work and responsibilities that any initiative that can alleviate the workload and the accompanying stress and pressure is worth a try. Charlotte-Mecklenburg [...]

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David Rosengard

Animals have overlapping statuses in law. They are property, evidence, and victims of crime. Like any property, they cannot just be unlawfully seized or assigned to a different owner. And [...]

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John Griffin

Humans and animals are co-existing knowingly or unknowingly in communities. There is so much that humans must learn about wildlife to be able to interact with them better. Too often, [...]

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Ann-Marie Plasto
Tina Martin

Making a difference in the lives of people is easier said than done. For a fringe community in Queensland, Australia, a significant change in the quality of their life was [...]

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Nina Stively

When it comes to combatting crime and cruelty, would want to ensure that offenders are made accountable for the violence or negligence committed. When the victims are helpless and do [...]

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Michelle Welch

Between the lack of legal familiarity within the court, society’s oblivion to the suffering of animals, and the animals’ inability to testify on their experience and plight, proving animal [...]

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Adam Leath

The COVID-19 pandemic truly reshaped how we live and the criminal justice field is just one of the sectors affected by it. The new normal found its way to the [...]

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Dr. Kris Otteman DVM
Linda Fielder
Emily Lewis

The concept of the animal-human bond simply refers to the role that animals play in human’s lives. Veterinarians play a critical role in the animal-human bond with their duty [...]

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Josh Fisher

Budget constraints in the public sector often leave government agencies like animal welfare organizations with limited options when it comes to recruitment. Given the competition in attracting applicants in both [...]

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Adam Leath

Too often, employees come to their bosses for grievances in hopes that they can provide answers to their questions and solutions to their issues. But did it ever occur what [...]

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Beth Gammie

Probably one of the best developments that we’ve seen in the last few years related to critical event and disaster response is how agencies responsible for preparations and rescue [...]

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Trish McMillan
Diana Rayment

Lots of progress has been seen in research and practices across different fields, and it is no different when it comes to assessment processes for dogs in shelters. Research and [...]

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Trish McMillan
Diana Rayment

With how humans turned pets into family members, the only thing that would probably make things better is if we can talk with them. While actual verbal communication might remain [...]

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David Rosengard

Animal law has gone leaps and bounds over the last few years in ensuring that animals are afforded protections from forms of cruelty. There’s still work to be done [...]

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Dave Pauli

The Justice Clearinghouse has provided numerous resources on humane means to handle human-wildlife conflict. While those working in the animal welfare and services organizations have been more and more mindful [...]

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Adam Leath

Animals are technically classified as property, and as such the protections afforded to animals are reliant on the property owner’s rights. It is critical that law enforcement and animal [...]

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Josh Fisher

This is the second installment of a series on animal services intake. The previous webinar tackled the challenges that the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department Animal Services Unit struggled with in terms [...]

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Emily Lewis
David Rosengard

Understanding the status of animal in criminal animal cruelty cases may be a little bit more complex for those who are not as versed in this topic. This webinar, however, [...]

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Katie Campbell

This webinar will discuss the importance of cross-sector collaboration in supporting domestic violence survivors and their pets.  It will focus on overcoming barriers to creating pet-friendly programs at shelters and [...]

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Adam Leath

Employee attrition and talent acquisition cost agencies a lot. According to a research, it costs an estimated $5,000 each time an employee leaves and requires to be replaced by another. With [...]

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John Griffin

One of the things that we must all remember is that before humans established any semblance of civilization, animals make up a significant chunk of the ecosystem. Humans displaced animals [...]

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Josh Fisher

Working in animal shelters may seem like the dream job for animal lovers. The reality is it can be a logistical nightmare. Forecasting and planning become remote to what reality [...]

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Jake Kamins

A collaborative approach is seen to be effective in the law enforcement and justice profession. It also highlights that the players’ involvement in a case makes all the difference. Just [...]

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Jessica Lauginiger

Large-scale animal cases that involve seizures may seem like an overwhelming operation. Any law enforcement or animal control officer may find themselves daunted by what it will entail and the [...]

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Martha Smith-Blackmore, DVM
Jessica Rock

There’s been more and more awareness of animal cruelty and its link to human violence and crimes. However, despite this awareness, some agencies still don’t have enough practical [...]

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Adam Leath

When we try to be everything for others is often when we end up delivering a little less than our optimal output. This is particularly true for public agencies where [...]

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Phil Arkow

Efforts to raise awareness on the concept of the Link have been gaining traction over the last few years but there’s still a lot left to be done particularly [...]

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Diane Robinson

Hurricane Dorian is one of the most recent storms that created massive devastation within the west of the Atlantic Ocean.  It struck the Bahamas and other neighboring islands and also [...]

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Andrew Campbell

Webinar Video Clip: More Than Words - The Emotional Maltreatment of Children   There are different types of abuse, but regardless of the type of abuse a victim experiences, the [...]

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Michelle Welch

Numerous studies have established the correlation of animal cruelty to other violent crimes. Collateral crimes linked include family violence, sexual abuse, serial killers and mass shooters, organized crimes, and even [...]

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Audra Houghton

Investigating animal crimes can be a lot of work as it is, but dealing with large animals can make it even more tedious. Past Justice Clearinghouse animal welfare and control [...]

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Jake Kamins

Webinar Video Clip: Working with Your Local Vet   There is value in having an expert witness to prove a case beyond reasonable doubt. This is particularly true in animal [...]

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Madeline Bernstein
Scott Page
Scott Giacoppo
Trevor Whipple

No one was really fully prepared when COVID-19 struck. But it helps to have some level of planning with protocols and policies in place for agencies to maneuver when disasters [...]

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Andrew Campbell

For every reported domestic violence incident, three go unreported. Life in the time of corona may be exacerbating these further as social distancing protocols are in place. Victims are at [...]

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Claudine Wilkins

Dangerous dog cases can be tricky to handle. Lack of awareness on statutes, investigation, and prosecution too often leaves victims without any recourse on the injury and damage inflicted on [...]

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Lynsey White

Animal care and control organizations rarely do have the resources and capacity to respond to all wildlife calls. Educating and empowering the community on dealing with wildlife is one way [...]

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Andrew Campbell

This webinar provides a unique take on domestic violence prevention, identification, and intervention by enabling participants to develop a multi-disciplinary perspective of violence in the home. Results from my national [...]

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Dr. J Tischendorf

A few days ago, the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 a global pandemic. The impact of COVID-19 goes beyond being a medical emergency as many aspects of human life [...]

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Ed Jamison
Scott Giacoppo
Nick Lippincott

The animal care and control field is seeing more and more innovation. Changes in approaches,  technology, and even staffing allow agencies to better serve the communities. This session’s speakers [...]

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Nina Stively

By nature, the public sector is subjected to scrutiny on their decisions and actions, ensuring tax dollars are being spent sensibly. On social media, the criticism is amplified many times [...]

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Claudine Wilkins

Many professionals are involved in dangerous dog cases. Learn how important your role is in the cases. This presentation is ideal for law enforcement, animal control officers, prosecutors, 911 dispatchers, EMTs, [...]

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Jake Kamins

Cases on animal cruelty or neglect can be difficult to investigate or prosecute. Lack of knowledge and education on statutes to use and procedures to do certainly makes these cases [...]

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Lynsey White

We’ve all come to realize that we must co-exist with other creatures to maintain a sustainable world. One type of wildlife commonly dwelling in close proximity to humans are [...]

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Adam Leath

Animal welfare agencies face many types of challenges in their work – the limited funding, the need to raise awareness, the lack of manpower and infrastructure, just among others. According to [...]

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Trevor Whipple

Numerous studies have established the link between animal cruelty to other violent crimes. Making a difference requires that this knowledge be made useful by fully understanding its implications and applying [...]

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Michelle Welch

Typically, the topic of bestiality elicits discomfort if not downright disgust. But avoiding the uneasy feeling doesn’t make the issue go away. Animal sexual abuse cases must be addressed [...]

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Claudine Wilkins

The realm of public safety, criminal justice, and animal control protects its personnel by granting some immunities that allow them to perform their duties. However, there are limitations to these [...]

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Dave Pauli

Humans and animals are supposed to coexist but somewhere along human civilization, some of these animals were considered nuisance. Fortunately, innovative and humane practices are being utilized to resolve the [...]

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John Griffin

What used to be woods or fields are being turned into cities to cater to the human population that demand more urban locations to live in. The animals endemic in [...]

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Diane Robinson

Animal cruelty cases go beyond companion animals like dogs and cats, it also includes farm and wild animals. There are millions of horses all over the United States, even more [...]

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Jenny Edwards

Bestiality is one of those things that people don’t want to think or talk about. Avoiding the topic, however, causes more harm than addressing this issue head on. Over [...]

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Adam Leath

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders classifies hoarding as a disorder that requires intervention. This is further aggravated when hoarding does not involve just material things but also [...]

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John Griffin

Much of what most people know about rabies are actually myths. These untruths spawned generalized fear for some wildlife species and even domesticated pets that coexist with humans. This course [...]

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Diane Robinson

When disasters strike, media organizations never fail in providing updates and highlighting the response efforts in the affected communities. These reports are not without a sprinkling of human interests stories [...]

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Jessica Rock

The concept of ‘The Link’ establishes the correlation of animal cruelty to other crimes. Collateral crimes run the gamut from interpersonal violence, gangs to gambling, drugs and even homicide. This [...]

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Richard Samuels
Michelle Welch

People, especially those living in the cities are not aware that cockfighting continues to exist to this day. It is prevalent especially in more rural and secluded areas – where the [...]

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Claudine Wilkins

The urgency in the need to address animal abuse is established through the well-supported findings that link animal cruelty to other crimes. Awareness of animal law can definitely still be [...]

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Terry Mills

Animal fighting is one of the most barbaric crimes out there. The scene and aftermath of such fights, with bloodied if not dead animals, are just downright gruesome. This may [...]

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Adam Leath

Animals of different species showcased on pet stores look appealing to people who want to take these animals home as pets. But there’s a lot going on behind the [...]

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Adam Ricci

In arenas that deal with emergency response and public safety, it is best to be prepared for things not to go as planned. Change can be scary – but it is [...]

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Nick Lippincott
Dan DeSousa

The last time Dan De Sousa and Nick Lippincott was together for a Justice Clearinghouse webinar, they discussed animal law in their respective jurisdictions related to dangerous and vicious dogs. [...]

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Michelle Welch

Animal hoarding cases are tedious – just the sheer number of animals in such cases and the logistics involved can be challenging. Add the difficulty of as well as treading the [...]

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Dr. J Tischendorf

Most of the time, animals are a source of joy and love. While they are typically amazing, they can pose risks too by transmitting infectious diseases to humans. On this [...]

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Dr. Peggy Rothbaum

It’s been said that working in public service is a vocation – a higher calling – selflessly giving one’s time and energy to protect and improve other’s lives. But [...]

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Amy Taylor
Michelle Welch

Winning animal law cases rely heavily on evidence, so it is best to go all out on investigation to build a strong case and make that conviction. Virginia is one [...]

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Jennifer H. Chin

One of the qualities that make animal cruelty and fighting cases unique and also complicated are the live evidence. The animals who suffered neglect, maltreatment or cruelty are seized from [...]

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Adam Leath

  We live in a world surrounded by social media.  Those who perpetrate animal abuse are all too eager to share information on numerous social media sites. The trained investigator [...]

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Lynsey White

Animal care and control agencies are tasked with responding to issues within communities related to companion animals as well as wildlife. But not every agency practices humane treatment of animals, [...]

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Janee’ Boswell

Back in 2013, Colorado was devastated by a natural disaster that affected 17 counties with lives lost, properties destroyed or damaged, and families and animals displaced – at least $2 billion worth of losses. [...]

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Claudine Wilkins

Over the past few years, more attention is drawn to the gravity of animal cruelty cases and how it often coexists with other link crimes as domestic abuse, fraud, drug [...]

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Andrew Campbell

Living in a home where domestic violence occurs tend to have a negative effect to its inhabitants. It is a common misconception that kids do not get affected by volatile [...]

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Michael M. Brown
John Thompson

Animal welfare personnel are some of those in the public sector whose roles are often questioned. It takes character to assert authority without stepping on others’ toes – a little something [...]

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Michelle Welch

For some courts, animal cruelty cases are not given as much time or attention, a complete injustice to animals that have been neglected and harmed. Thus, it is important to [...]

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Nick Lippincott

Animals have proven themselves useful to humans for a long time – from assisting with hunting, farming, transport and more recently, as a source of joy, affection, and emotional support. Currently, [...]

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Michelle Welch

Investigation and prosecution are two complex aspects of criminal justice. This gets even more tricky when the law to be applied is relatively new. Brought about by a new awareness [...]

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Adam Ricci

Awareness on the importance of taking animal cruelty cases seriously and its link to more heinous crime has greatly improved in the last few years. There are more initiatives towards [...]

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Martha Smith-Blackmore, DVM

Webinar Video Clip: Working with Your Veterinarian to Better Document Animal Maltreatment When people talk about investigations and case, the most common individuals envisioned to be involved in these are [...]

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Leigh Anne Garrard

The link between animal cruelty and other forms of violent crimes is being recognized by more and more sectors that are involved in the cases. This awareness is creating an [...]

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Nick Lippincott
Dan DeSousa

Videos of dogs doing smart, crazy and stupid things can make one think that they're angels. Most dog owners see their pets as their child or their best friend – the [...]

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Michelle Welch

Various research and numerous cases have substantiated the link between animal abuse to other forms of violent crime.  And for this webinar, Michelle Welch will discuss this phenomenon, providing case [...]

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Jessica Rock

Animal cruelty is now recognized as a legitimate crime and has been gaining more and more support from all concerned sectors. As a relatively novel crime, it is not without [...]

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Michelle Welch

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Webinar Video Clip: Animal Cruelty Reporting Numerous researches have proven the correlation between animal cruelty and violence to humans. Cases of animal abuse were found to mostly occur in households [...]

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John Thompson

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Jessica Rock

Numerous evidence and research points to the correlation between animal cruelty cases to other serious crimes including gambling, drugs, gangs, elder abuse, domestic violence, bestiality, as well as child pornography [...]

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Dr. Melinda Merck

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John Thompson

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Webinar presenter Claudine Wilkins answered a number of your questions after her webinar, Dog Bites and Attacks: Cases and Trends. Here are just a few of her responses.   Audience [...]

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During her webinar Katherine Manning shared a number of great insights during the webinar, Trauma Informed Leadership: Lessons for Criminal Justice Professionals. Here’s just one of her great reminders. &[...]

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We loved this poignant reminder that Kate Youssouf shared during her webinar, "Always on the Map: An Introduction to Animal Law Issues in the US Territories."   "Animals are members [...]

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Harold Holmes had a number of great things to share during his webinar, Law Enforcement and Animal Control Joint Responses. This was just one that caught our attention: "The more [...]

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Webinar presenter Kate Youssouf answered a number of your questions after her webinar, Always on the Map: An Introduction to Animal Law in the US Territories. Here are just a [...]

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Webinar presenter Julie Bank answered a number of your questions after her webinar, Fundraising Tactics, Tips, and Ideas for Municipal and Non-Profit Animal Welfare Agencies. Here are just a few [...]

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Webinar presenters David Rosengard and Jessica Chapman of the Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF) answered a number of your questions after their presentation, Towards a More Humane Society: A One-Health [...]

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Webinar presenter Julie Bank answered a number of your questions after her presentation, Yes, You Can Fundraise! Fundraising for Animal Welfare Government Agencies. Here are just a few of her [...]

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We loved the information Shawna Weaver shared during her webinar, "Look for the Open Gate: Providing 'In the Moment' Animal Education for Your Community." Here's just one great reminder. "Every [...]

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Webinar presenters Emily Lewis and Kathleen Wood answered a number of your questions after their presentation, Bodies of Evidence: Issues Arising from Search and Seizure of Animal Bodies in Cruelty [...]

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During his webinar, Someday Never Comes: Breaking Generational Cycles of Familial Abuse, Andrew Campbell shared a number of important insights. This is just one. "In order to break the cycle [...]

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Andrew Campbell is a groundbreaking researcher who is able to pair facts with feelings, and concepts with concrete next steps. This is just one of his many insights he shared [...]

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Nick Walton's webinars are always filled to the brim with insights and tips for animal control officers. Here's just one we loved from his webinar, Community Engagement: The Lifesaving Philosophy. "[...]

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Webinar presenter Nick Walton answered a number of your questions after his presentation, Community Engagement: The Lifesaving Philosophy. Here are just a few of his responses.   Audience Question: Where [...]

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Webinar presenter Andrew Campbell answered a number of your questions after his presentation, "Someday" Never Comes: Breaking Generational Cycles of Familial Abuse. Here are just a few of his responses. &[...]

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Webinar presenter Nina Stively answered a number of your questions after her presentation Lost Cats and Found Hounds: Community-Based Solutions to Boost Your Return to Owner Metrics. Here are just [...]

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Webinar presenter Nick Walton answered a number of your questions after his presentation, Advanced Return to Owner: Beyond the Scanner. Here are just a few of his responses.   Audience [...]

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Webinar presenter Jen Toussaint answered a number of your questions after her presentation, Be Prepared: Animal Disaster Basics. Here are just a few of her responses.   Audience Question: Often [...]

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Webinar presenter Angelina Martin answered a number of your questions after her presentation, Social Listening for Social Content for Animal Shelters.  Here are just a few of her responses.   [...]

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Webinar presenter Dave Pauli answered a number of your questions after his presentation, Roosting Bird Conflicts.  Here are just a few of his responses.   Audience Question: So, Dave, can [...]

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Webinar presenter Adam Leath answered a number of your questions after his presentation, Rescuing the Rescuer: The Challenging World of Rescue Hoarders. Here are just a few of his responses. &[...]

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Awww, Nicole, you made us blush. Thank you for your kind words!         To learn more about our upcoming webinars, click here. To learn how to become [...]

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Webinar presenters Kim Mosiman and Linda Fielder answered a number of your questions after their presentation, Tomorrow We Ride! Investigating and Processing Equine Cruelty Cases. Here are just a few [...]

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Webinar presenters Adam Leath and Dr. Mark Flowers answered a number of your questions after their presentation, Proactive Responses to the Community's Concerns: Successes in the Field for Today's ACO's. [...]

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Webinar presenter Phil Arkow answered a number of your questions after his presentation, The Forgotten Partner in Responding to Animal Abuse: The Veterinarian. Here are just a few of his [...]

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Webinar presenter Lynsey White answered a number of your questions after her presentation, Handling "Nuisance" Wildlife Calls. Here are just a few of her responses.   Audience Question: How does [...]

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During the webinar, Social Media and Disaster-Related Events for Animal Shelters, Angelina Martin shared a number of tips and great reminders. While said in the context of disaster planning, this [...]

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Angelina Martin shared a number so many great reminders during her webinar, Social Media Marketing for Animal Shelters.  Here’s just one that she shared.   "It's not a matter [...]

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Webinar presenter Angelina Martin answered a number of your questions after her presentation, Social Media and Disaster-Related Events for Animal Shelters. Here are just a few of her responses.   [...]

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Webinar presenters Jessica Chapman and David Rosengard answered a number of your questions after their presentation, Responding to Animal Crimes through a Restorative Justice Approach. Here are just a few [...]

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Jessica Simpson so much powerful information during her webinar, Pets and Evictions: Keeping Families Intact in Crisis.  Here’s one great reminder from her presentation.       Click Here [...]

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Angelina Martin shared a number so many great reminders during her webinar, Social Media Marketing for Animal Shelters.  Here’s just one that she shared. "In social media, always follow [...]

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Angelina Martin shared so many great reminders during her webinar, Social Media Marketing for Animal Shelters.  Here’s just one that she shared. "Always use social media for social good. &[...]

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Angelina Martin shared a number of great reminders during her webinar, Social Media Marketing for Animal Shelters.  Here’s just one that she shared. "The first rule of social media [...]

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Phil Arkow has been a thought-leader in the movement to connect the dots between crimes against people and violence against pets. During his webinar, Connecting the Dots in Criminal Justice: [...]

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Phil Arkow shared so many great insights and statistics during his webinar,  Connecting the Dots in Criminal Justice: Preventing Crimes against People by Focusing on Animal Abuse,  Here is just [...]

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We learned so much from Phil Arkow's webinar,  Connecting the Dots in Criminal Justice: Preventing Crimes against People by Focusing on Animal Abuse.  Here’s just one of the insights [...]

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Webinar presenter Lori Todd answered a number of your questions after her presentation, Managing Difficult Volunteers: How and When to Let Volunteers Go. Here are just a few of her [...]

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Webinar presenters Linda Fielder and Emily Lewis answered a number of your questions after their presentation Partners in Investigating Animal Crimes. Here are just a few of their responses.   [...]

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Webinar presenter Phil Arkow answered a number of your questions after his presentation, Connecting the Dots in Criminal Justice: Preventing Crimes against People by Focusing on Animal Abuse. Here are [...]

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Webinar presenters Jennifer Toussaint and Marnie Russ answered a number of your questions after their presentation, Community Cats: How to Garner Support for and Run a Successful TNR Program. Here [...]

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Webinar presenter Scott Giacoppo answered a number of your questions after his presentation, Problem Oriented Response for Animal Welfare Agencies. Here are just a few of his responses.   Audience [...]

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Webinar presenters Erin Aiello and Janette Reever answered a number of your questions after their presentation, Preparing for Court: Tips for Effective Testimony about Animal Crimes. Here are just a [...]

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Webinar presenter Adam Leath answered a number of your questions after his presentation, Critical Incident Stress Management for ACOs. Here are just a few of his responses.   Audience Question: [...]

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Webinar presenter Jennifer Toussaint answered a number of your questions after her presentation, Active Listening and Basic De-escalation for the Animal Welfare and Control Professional.   Here are just a few [...]

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Webinar presenter Dr. Josh Fisher answered a number of your questions after his presentation, Data-Driven Decision Making for Animal Welfare Organizations Part 2. Here are just a few of his responses. &[...]

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Webinar presenter Amy Yeager answered a number of your questions after her presentation, Building and Maintaining a Fostering Program. Here are just a few of her responses.   Audience Question: [...]

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Webinar presenters Tanya Smith and Tammy Thies answered a number of your questions after their presentation, The Captive Wildlife Crisis: Responding to Cases involving Wild Cats.  Here are just a [...]

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Webinar presenter David Rosengard answered a number of your questions after his presentation, Prosecuting Farmed Animal Cruelty.  Here are just a few of his responses.   Audience Question: Lorie's asking, [...]

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Webinar presenters Madisen Taylor and Alicia Dease answered a number of your questions after their presentation, Tools, Tips and Tricks from the ACO: Lessons from the Field. Here are just [...]

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Webinar presenter Chris Brosan answered a number of your questions after his presentation, Avoiding Teeth and Bullets: Safely Interacting with Animals as a Law Enforcement Officer. Here are just a [...]

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Webinar presenter Michelle Welch answered a number of your questions after her presentation, Making the Call: Simple, Gross Neglect or Animal Cruelty. Here are just a few of her responses. &[...]

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Webinar presenter David Rosengard answered a number of your questions after his presentation When the Evidence Needs a Home: Best Practices for Pre-Conviction Forfeiture Statute Use.  Here are just a [...]

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Webinar presenter Nina Stively answered a number of your questions after her presentation, When the Evidence Wags Its Tail.  Here are just a few of her responses.   Audience Question: [...]

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Webinar presenter Adam Leath answered a number of your questions after his presentation, Video Testimony: The Virtual Courtroom for the ACO.  Here are just a few of his responses.   [...]

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Webinar presenters Dr. Kris Otteman, Linda Fielder, and Emily Lewis answered a number of your questions after their presentation, Preserving the Bond and Preventing Cruelty: The Veterinarian's Role. Here are [...]

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Webinar presenter Josh Fisher answered a number of your questions after his presentation, Recruiting the Next Generation to  Your Agency.  Here are just a few of his responses.     [...]

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Webinar presenter Adam Leath answered a number of your questions after his presentation, What Your Boss Wished You Knew: Professionalism in an Increasingly Unprofessional World.  Here are just a few [...]

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Webinar presenter Beth Gammie from Red Rover answered a number of your questions after her presentation, Animals in Disasters: How to Help Your Community. Here are just a few of [...]

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Adam Leath always has practical, insightful thoughts to share during his webinars. Here's just one that he shared during his webinar,  Is Mission Creep Killing Your Agency?     "When [...]

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Webinar presenters Trish McMillan and Dr. Diana Rayment answered a number of your questions after their presentation, Assessing Dog Behavior in Shelter Settings.  Here are just a few of their [...]

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Katie Campbell of Red Rover shared a number of excellent insights and advice during her webinar, Supporting Domestic Violence Survivors and Their Pets through Collaboration.  Here’s just one reminder [...]

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Katie Campbell of Red Rover shared a number of excellent insights and advice during her webinar, Supporting Domestic Violence Survivors and Their Pets through Collaboration.  Here’s just one reminder [...]

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Webinar presenters Trish McMillan and Dr. Diana Rayment answered a number of your questions after their presentation, Canine Communication in the Field and Shelter. Here are just a few of [...]

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Webinar presenter David Rosengard answered a number of your questions after his presentation, Understanding Wildlife Animal Cruelty. Here are just a few of his responses.   Audience Question: Do states [...]

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Webinar presenter David Pauli answered a number of your questions after his presentation, How to Free Companion Animals and Wildlife Wrongly Caught in Traps.  Here are just a few of [...]

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Webinar presenter Adam Leath answered a number of your questions after his presentation,  Custody Considerations in Animal Control. Here are just a few of his responses.   Audience Question: What [...]

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Webinar presenter Dr. Josh Fisher answered a number of your questions after his presentation, Enhancing Your Managed Intake. Here are just a few of his responses.   Audience Question: So, [...]

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Webinar presenters Emily Lewis and David Rosengard answered a number of your questions after their presentation, The Status of Animals in Criminal Cruelty Animal Cases. Here are just a few [...]

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Webinar presenter Katie Campbell answered a number of your questions after her presentation, Supporting Domestic Violence Survivors and their Pets through Collaboration.  Here are just a few of her responses. &[...]

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Webinar presenter Adam Leath answered a number of your questions after his presentation, The Secret Sauce to Finding the Best Candidates. Here are just a few of his responses.   [...]

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Webinar presenter John Griffin answered a number of your questions after his presentation, What Are Mesopredators? Taking a Deeper Look at Solving Problems with Our Smallest Urban Predators. Here are [...]

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Webinar presenter Dr. Josh Fisher answered a number of your questions after his presentation, Getting Started with Managed Intake. Here are just a few of his responses.   Audience Question: [...]

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Webinar presenter Jake Kamins answered a number of your questions after his presentation, Working and Managing Inter-Agency Relationships: Investigating and Prosecuting Animal Abuse Cases. Here are just a few of [...]

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Webinar presenter Jessica Johnson answered a number of your questions after her presentation, Large Scale Animal Cruelty Seizures. Here are just a few of her responses.   Audience Question: Who [...]

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Webinar presenters Jessica Rock and Dr. Martha Smith Blackmore answered a number of your questions after their presentation, Processing Evidence in Animal Crime Cases.  Here are just a few of [...]

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Webinar presenter Adam Leath answered a number of your questions after his presentation, Is Mission Creep Killing Your Agency. Here are just a few of his responses. Audience Question: You [...]

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Andrew Campbell shared some great insights and research during his webinar, More than Words: The Emotional Maltreatment of Children. Here's just one snippet from the show.   Click Here to [...]

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Webinar presenter Phil Arkow answered a number of your questions after his presentation, Improving Public Safety by Stopping Animal Cruelty. Here are just a few of his responses.   Audience [...]

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Webinar presenter Diane Robinson answered a number of your questions after her presentation, A Look at Hurricane Dorian: Were We Ready? Lessons about Planning, Preparedness and Future Response. Here are [...]

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Diane Robinson shared a number of excellent insights and advice during her webinar, A Look at Hurricane Dorian: Were We Ready? Lessons about Planning Preparedness and Future Response.  Here’s [...]

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Diane Robinson shared a number of excellent insights and advice during her webinar, A Look at Hurricane Dorian: Were We Ready? Lessons about Planning Preparedness and Future Response.  Here’s [...]

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Audra Houghton of the Humane Society of the United States shared a number of excellent insights and advice during her webinar, Large Animal Cruelty Cases: Unique Considerations for Investigating Non-Companion [...]

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Webinar presenter Andrew Campbell answered a number of your questions after his presentation, More than Words: The Emotional Maltreatment of Children. Here are just a few of his responses.   [...]

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Jake Kamins shared some incredible insights and advice during his webinar, "Working with Your Local Vet: Creating Veterinary Partnerships among Law Enforcement, Prosecution, and Your Veterinary Community.” Here’s just [...]

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Webinar presenter Michelle Welch answered a number of your questions after her presentation, Understanding the Link between Animal Abuse and Other Human Crimes: What Probation Officers Need to Know. Here [...]

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Webinar presenter Audra Houghton answered a number of your questions after her presentation, Large Animal Cruelty Cases: Unique Considerations for Investigating Non-Companion Animal Neglect. Here are just a few of [...]

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DDA Jake Kamins shared some incredible insights and advice during his webinar, Working with Your Local Vets: Creating Veterinary Partnerships among Law Enforcement, Prosecution, and your Veterinary Community.  Here's just [...]

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Webinar presenters Madeline Bernstein, Scott Page, Scott Giacoppo, and Trevor Whipple answered a number of your questions after their presentation, Planning Ahead: Law Enforcement's Response to Animal-Related Calls for Service [...]

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Webinar presenter Jake Kamins answered a number of your questions after his presentation, Working with Your Local Vets: Creating Partnerships among Law Enforcement, Prosecution and your Veterinary Community.  Here are [...]

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Andrew Campbell’s webinars are always a wealth of information for audiences. Here’s another statistic he shared during his webinars, The Unintended Consequences of the Coronavirus Response: Increasing Risks [...]

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Based on his groundbreaking research, Andrew Campbell's webinars are always a wealth of information for audiences. Here's just one statistic he shared during his webinar, The Unintended Consequences of the [...]

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Animal welfare professionals care tremendously for the animals they are sworn to protect and the owners whom they are there to help educate and inform. We loved this quote shared [...]

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During the webinar, Hashtags and Hate Mail, our speaker, Nina Stively asked audience members to share if they or their agency has received harassing or aggressive emails, social media posts, [...]

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Webinar presenter Andrew Campbell answered a number of your questions after his presentation, Unintended Consequences of the Coronavirus Response: Increasing Risk of Family Violence.  Here are just a few of [...]

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Webinar presenter Claudine Wilkins answered a number of your questions after her presentation, Dangerous Dog Cases: Tips on Investigations and Prosecutions. Here are just a few of her responses. Audience [...]

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Webinar presenter HSUS' Lynsey White answered a number of your questions after her presentation, Top 10 Tips for Taking Wildlife Calls. Here are just a few of her responses.   Audience [...]

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Michelle Welch shared incredible insights and advice during her webinar, "In Other Words... How Do You Speak Your Judge's Language?" But we especially loved this reminder.   "Never stop fighting [...]

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Jake Kamins shared incredible insights during his webinar, Animals as Victims: Charing and the Law... But this one we found particularly impactful.   “Animal victims are sentient beings who experience [...]

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Webinar presenter  Dr. Jay Tischendorf answered a number of your questions after his presentation, COVID-19 and What it means for Animals and Animal Care Professionals.  Here are just a few [...]

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Webinar presenter Nina Stively answered a number of your questions after her presentation, Hashtags and Hate Mail. Here are just a few of her responses.   Audience Question: It's in [...]

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Webinar presenters Ed Jamison, Scott Giacoppo and Nick Lippincott answered a number of your questions after their presentation, Seeing Clearly in 2020: Trends and Challenges in Animal Control. Here are just [...]

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Webinar presenters Michelle Welch and Amy Taylor answered a number of your questions after their presentation, Witness Preparation: How to Effectively Prepare Your Experts and Witnesses to Win Your Cases. [...]

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Webinar presenter Jake Kamins answered a number of your questions after his presentation, Animals as Victims: Charging and the Law. Here are just a few of his responses, edited for [...]

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Diane Robinson of the Humane Society of the United States shared incredible insights and information during her webinar, Equine Cruelty 101.  Here's just one important factoid:   "70% of animal abusers have [...]

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Diane Robinson of the Humane Society of the United States shared incredible insights and information during her webinar, Equine Cruelty 101.  Here's just one important factoid: "100% of sexual homicide offenders had [...]

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Webinar presenter Michelle Welch answered a number of your questions after her presentation, Investigating and Prosecuting Animal Sexual Abuse Cases. Here are just a few of her responses.   Audience [...]

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Webinar presenter Trevor Whipple answered a number of your questions after his presentation, Animal Cruelty and Violent Crime: What First Responding Officers Need to Know. Here are just a few [...]

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  Webinar presenter Adam Leath answered a number of your questions after his presentation, Engagement of Public-Private Partnerships in Animal Cruelty Investigations. Here are just a few of his responses. &[...]

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Webinar presenter Lynsey White answered a number of your questions after her presentation, Solving Problems with Coyotes. Here are just a few of her responses.   Audience Question: Will coyotes [...]

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We recently asked our NACA community of experts to share their thoughts about the trends and issues that the Animal Welfare community are likely to face in the 2020’s. Here [...]

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Webinar presenter Claudine Wilkins answered a number of your questions after her presentation, Liability Issues for Law Enforcement. Here are just a few of her responses.   Audience Question:  She [...]

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Webinar presenter Dave Pauli answered a number of your questions after his presentation, Humane Wildlife Capture and Handling. Here are just a few of his responses.   Audience Question:  One [...]

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Webinar presenter John Griffin answered a number of your questions after his presentation, Urban Wildlife 101. Here are just a few of his responses.   Audience Question: Could you repeat the [...]

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Webinar presenter Jenny Edwards answered a number of your questions after her presentation, Sex, Lies, and Videotape: What Every Law Enforcement Officer Needs to Know about Bestiality. Here are just [...]

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Webinar presenter Adam Leath answered a number of your questions after his presentation, Animal Hoarding: What Criminal Justice Professionals Need to Know. Here are just a few of his responses. &[...]

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Webinar presenter John Griffin answered a number of your questions after his presentation, Wildlife and Rabies.  Here are just a few of his responses.     Audience Question: Is there [...]

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  Whether a domestic violence situation, the challenges of poverty, or even being evacuated in the event of a natural disaster, what affects humans, also affects our animal companions. What [...]

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Webinar presenter Diane Robinson answered a number of your questions after her presentation, ICS and Legal Considerations for Animals in Natural Disaster Response. Here are just a few of her [...]

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  Webinar presenter Jessica Rock answered a number of your questions after her presentation, Creating an Animal Abuse Task Force: How Law Enforcement Can Work With Local Resources to Investigate [...]

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  Webinar presenter Andrew Campbell answered a number of your questions after his presentation, A Day in the Life: How Exposure to Community Violence Affects Children. Here are just a [...]

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Webinar presenters Richard Samuels and  Michelle Welch answered a number of your questions after their presentation, Advanced Cock Fighting Investigations and Prosecutions. Here are just a few of their responses. &[...]

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Webinar presenter Terry Mills answered a number of your questions after his presentation, What Dog Fighters Don't Want You to Know: Considerations for the Justice Professional.  Here are just a [...]

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Webinar presenter Adam Leath answered a number of your questions after his presentation, The Retail Sale of Pets: What Investigative Agencies Need to Know.  Here are just a few of [...]

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Webinar presenter Adam Ricci answered a number of your questions after his presentation, Leading the Chaos.    Here are just a few of his responses.     Audience Question:  How do [...]

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Webinar presenter Andrew Campbell answered a number of your questions after his presentation, War in the Womb: Pregnant Partner Violence and Associated Risks for Mother and Fetus.    Here are just [...]

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Webinar presenters Dan DeSousa and Nick Lippincott answered a number of your questions after their presentation, Reducing Recidivism: Creating a Responsible Pet Ownership Program.  Here are just a few of [...]

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Webinar presenter Dr. Jay Tischendorf answered a number of your questions after his presentation, The Wild World of Zoonotic Disease.    Here are just a few of his responses.   Audience [...]

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Webinar presenter Michelle Welch answered a number of your questions after her presentation, Drowning in Dogs, Cats, Horses...  Here are just a few of her responses.   Audience Question:  The [...]

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Webinar presenter Lynsey White answered a number of your questions after her presentation, How Shelters Can Make Policies More Humane for Wildlife.   Here are just a few of her responses. &[...]

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Webinar presenter Adam Leath answered a number of your questions after his presentation, The Use of Social Media to Investigate Animal Crime.   Here are just a few of his responses. &[...]

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Webinar presenter Amy Taylor and Michelle Welch answered a number of your questions after their presentation, Advanced Techniques in Dog Fighting Investigations.   Here are just a few of their responses. &[...]

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Webinar presenter Dr. Peggy Rothbaum answered a number of your questions after her presentation, Protecting the Protector: Who's Taking Care of You?   Here are just a few of her responses. &[...]

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Webinar presenter Claudine Wilkins answered a number of your questions after her presentation, Criminal Cases Involving Multi-Animal Impounds. Here are just a few of her responses.   Audience Question: Listed [...]

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Webinar presenter Janee Boswell answered a number of your questions after her presentation, 2013 Colorado Floods: Boulder's Emergency Animal Air Rescues. A Military and Animal Control Collaboration. Here are just a [...]

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Webinar presenter Andrew Campbell answered a number of your questions after his presentation, Domestically Violent Homes: Threats of Harm for Children. Here are just a few of his responses.   [...]

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Webinar presenter Michelle Welch of the Virginia Attorney General's Office answered a number of your questions after her presentation, Advanced Techniques for Dog Fighting Prosecutions. Here are just a few [...]

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Webinar presenters John Thompson and Mike Brown answered a number of your questions after their presentation, Emotional Intelligence: The Key to Keeping Animal Care and Control Personnel Safe. Here are [...]

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During his NSA/NACA webinar with Mike Brown, John Thompson shared this great reminder about the importance of taking ownership of one's own personal safety and the role it plays [...]

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We loved this statement Michelle Welch made during her webinar, Advanced Techniques for Dog Fighting Prosecutions, about the importance of keeping perspective and being willing to humble yourself to have [...]

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Webinar presenter and NACA Board Member Nick Lippincott answered a number of your questions after his presentation, From Guide Dogs to Therapy Squirrels: The Americans with Disabilities Act and Animal [...]

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Adam Ricci provided a wealth of information during his webinar, Advanced Components of Animal Cruelty Investigations. Here's just one of his reminders for investigators. “Your interaction with a scene immediately [...]

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Webinar presenter Michelle Welch answered a number of your questions after her presentation, “Creating an Animal Abuse & Cruelty Unit.” Here are a few of her responses.   Audience Question: [...]

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Webinar presenter Adam Ricci answered a number of your questions after his presentation, “Advanced Components of Animal Cruelty Investigations.” Here are a few of his responses.   Audience Question: One [...]

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We know sentiments like this are as the result of our incredible team of people and associations we work with. A special thanks to these extraordinary partners, National Law Enforcement [...]

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Dr. Mary Lou Randour the Animal Welfare Institute and Dan DeSousa of San Diego County's Animal Service Department  shared some incredible insights and advice during their webinar, “Animal Cruelty Reporting: [...]

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Michelle Welch of the Virginia Attorney General's Office shared some incredible insights and advice during her webinar, "Combatting Cock Fighting: What Investigators and Prosecutors Need to Know." Here’s just [...]

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Dr. Martha Smith Blackmore shared some incredible insights and advice during her webinar, "Working with Your Veterinarian to Document Animal Maltreatment." Here's just one snippet from the show.   Click [...]

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Webinar presenter Dr. Martha Smith Blackmore answered a number of your questions after her presentation, "Working with Your Vet to Document Animal Maltreatment." Here are a few of her responses. &[...]

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Webinar presenters Dan DeSousa and Nick Lippincott answered a number of your questions after their presentation, "Bad Dogs, Bad Dogs Whatcha Gonna Do? The Designation and Regulation of Vicious/Dangerous [...]

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Webinar presenter Michelle Welch  answered a number of your questions after her presentation, “The Link between Animal Abuse and Human Abuse.” Here are a few of her responses.   Audience [...]

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Webinar presenter Michelle Welch answered a number of your questions after his presentation  "What Investigators and Prosecutors Need to Know about Building Cases Against Cock Fighting Perpetrators." Here are a [...]

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Webinar presenters Dr. Mary Lou Randour and Dan DeSousa answered a number of your questions after their presentation, "Animal Cruelty Reporting: What Law Enforcement and Justice Professionals Need to Know." [...]

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Webinar presenter Dr. Martha Smith-Blackmore answered a number of your questions after her presentation, "Opioids, Animal Welfare and K9 Safety." Here are a few of her responses.   [...]

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During a recent Justice Clearinghouse interview, John Thompson shared a super insight about the importance of learning, and how growth doesn't stop after attending a national conference or training.   &[...]

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In response to the ever-increasing expense of training, Starting in January 2019, the National Animal Care and Control Association (NACA) will be partnering with Justice Clearinghouse to offer webinars on a [...]

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Webinar presenter Andrew Campbell of Campbell Research Consulting answered a number of your questions after his presentation, "Bad to the Bone: Pet Abuse, Child Abuse and Intimate Partner Violence.&[...]

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Andrew Campbell shared such incredible information during his webinar, "Bad to the Bone: Pet Abuse, Child Abuse and Intimate Partner Violence." "Pets often absorb the fear of their family members [...]

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Such incredible findings from Andrew Campbell's webinar, "Bad to the Bone: Pet Abuse, Child Abuse and Intimate Partner Violence." "75% of abused women report their intimate partner has threatened or harmed [...]

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Such incredible findings from Andrew Campbell's webinar, "Bad to the Bone: Pet Abuse, Child Abuse and Intimate Partner Violence." "Animals are at 11x greater risk for abuse in a home [...]

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Such incredible findings from Andrew Campbell's webinar, "Bad to the Bone: Pet Abuse, Child Abuse and Intimate Partner Violence." "75% of the pet abuse that occurs in the home is seen [...]

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John Thompson of the National Sheriffs' Association shared such an important reminder about the effects of officer-involved shootings of dogs, during his webinar, "Officer, Why'd You Shoot My Dog?" "When [...]

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Webinar presenter John Thompson of the National Sheriffs Association answered a number of your questions after his presentation, "Officer, Why'd You Shoot My Dog?" Here are a [...]

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Christina McCale

For some people, the idea of having to testify in a court case might be as appealing as getting a root canal. But for many justice professionals, the concept of [...]

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Webinar presenter Jessica Rock answered a number of your questions after her presentation, "Animal Cruelty and the Link to Collateral Crimes." Here are some of her [...]

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Webinar presenter Dr. Melinda Merck answered a number of your questions after her presentation, The Path from Animal Abuse to Human Abuse: Using Veterinary Forensics to Support Investigation and Prosecution [...]

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“When animals are abused, people are at risk; When people are abused, animals are at risk.”  People often think that animal cruelty cases are isolated from crimes [...]

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