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The NACA now includes a JCH Subscription as a Membership Benefit! We will be setting up accounts and have log in information out to all NACA members by January 31, 2019. If you aren’t a current NACA member, be sure to sign up today!

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Upcoming Webinars

02 / 01 / 2022

A Deeper Dive into Renesting and Reuniting Birds (part 2)

Join us for part two of our Reuniting and Renesting Orphaned Wildlife webinar, as we take a deeper dive into reuniting and renesting birds. Like squirrels, raccoons, and other mammals, [...]

02 / 08 / 2022

Administrative Hearings: What Animal Control and Other Justice Professionals Need to Know

Administrative hearings are often referred to as Kangaroo Courts where the verdict is predetermined. Why do people have that perception? Is the outcome really always assured? How can you ensure [...]

02 / 24 / 2022

Pets and Evictions: Keeping Families Intact in a Crisis

The COVID-19 crisis has drawn into sharp focus the many difficulties that renters face, including those who have pets. Unprecedented housing hardships are being felt throughout the country and not [...]

03 / 03 / 2022

Managing Difficult Volunteers: How and When to Let Volunteers Go

Volunteers are the lifeblood of most of our organizations. But what should you do when a volunteer just isn't "working out?" During this webinar, we'll discuss why it is so [...]

03 / 24 / 2022

Responding to Animal Crimes Through a Restorative Justice Approach

As a broad category of penological response that aims to repair the harms crime inflicts on victims, hold offenders accountable, and promote resilient communities, restorative justice has venerable roots. Nonetheless, [...]

04 / 13 / 2022

Handling “Nuisance” Wildlife Calls

Getting calls from the public about opossums stuck in garbage cans? Foxes denning under sheds or porches? Woodchucks nibbling in the garden? This webinar expands upon our “Top 10 Tips for [...]

05 / 03 / 2022

The Forgotten Partner in Responding to Animal Abuse: The Veterinarian

Shouldn’t the veterinarian be at least as proactive in responding to suspected animal abuse as physicians are in recognizing and reporting suspected child abuse? That’s a question being [...]

05 / 10 / 2022

Proactive Responses to the Community’s Concerns: Successes in the Field for Today’s ACO’s

How many times have you received a call for service and you recognized the address before you even responded? This happens far too often. However, how often are you trying [...]

06 / 02 / 2022

Tomorrow We Ride! Investigating and Processing Equine Cruelty Cases

Equine cruelty cases fall outside the experience and comfort level of many law enforcement agencies and prosecutors. They can be complex and protracted, involving hundreds of large and potentially dangerous [...]

06 / 28 / 2022

Rescuing the “Rescuer”: The Challenging World of Rescue Hoarders

Animal Hoarding affects every city in America. Rescue Hoarders can be especially challenging for jurisdictions to address. The community often formulates an opinion about these "Rescuers" before response agencies are [...]

07 / 19 / 2022

The Complexities of Domestic Violence and Animal Abuse

In domestic violence scenarios, animals frequently suffer abuse alongside the human victims. This presentation addresses the complexities that can arise from cases in which a domestic violence victim is also [...]

08 / 30 / 2022

Be Prepared: Animal Disaster Basics

During this webinar, attendees will learn how to identify potential threats and resources needed for community and personal pet and animal preparedness, taking into consideration the COVID-19 environment. This program [...]

09 / 15 / 2022

Advanced Return to Owner in the Field: Beyond the scanner

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 [...]

09 / 29 / 2022

Lost Cats and Found Hounds: Community-based Solutions to Boost Your Return-to-Owner Metrics

How many lost pets are coming into your local animal shelter in an average year? In Virginia, public animal shelters receive thousands of lost pets each year, with many of [...]

10 / 06 / 2022

Responding to Calls and Concerns about Bats

This webinar will examine the lives of bats in our urban communities and provide important information on how to respond to the public’s concerns about potential zoonotic disease transmission. [...]

10 / 20 / 2022

Managing a Large Scale Kitten Program in a Small to Mid-Sized Municipal Shelter

During this webinar, we'll discuss how to maximize resources and build an army of support to save the most fragile lives in shelters today. We will discuss program creation, sharing [...]

11 / 10 / 2022

Courtroom Animal Advocate Programs: Approaching Animals as Quasi-Party Crime Victims

Starting with Connecticut’s Desmond’s Law, Courtroom Animal Advocate Programs provide a statutory basis for courts to appoint independent pro-bono counsel to assist the judge, prosecutor, and defense counsel [...]

A Deeper Dive into Renesting and Reuniting Birds (part 2)

Join us for part two of our Reuniting and Renesting Orphaned Wildlife webinar, as we take a deeper dive into reuniting and renesting birds. Like squirrels, raccoons, and other mammals, [...]

Phil Arkow

Connecting the Dots in Criminal Justice: Preventing Crimes Against People by Focusing on Animal Abuse

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 [...]

Linda Fielder

Emily Lewis

Partners in Investigating Animal Crimes

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, [...]

Angelina Martin

Intro to Social Media Marketing for Animal Shelters

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 [...]

Charnita Fox

Marnie Russ

Jennifer Toussaint

Community Cats: How to Garner Support For and Run a Successful TNR Program

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 [...]

Anna Walton

Lifesaving Dispatch for Animal Welfare Agencies

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 [...]

Erin Aiello

Janette Reever

Preparing for Court: Tips for Effective Testimony about Animal Crimes. Q&A with the Presenters

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 [...]

Adam Leath

Critical Incident Stress Management for the ACO

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 [...]

Lynsey White

Solving Problems with Bears and Cougars

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 [...]

Jennifer Toussaint

Active Listening and Basic De-escalation for the Animal Welfare and Control Professional

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 [...]

Andrew Campbell

The Road Less Traveled: Family Violence in Rural Communities

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 [...]

Josh Fisher

Data-Driven Decision Making for Animal Welfare Organizations – Part 2

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 [...]

Amy Yeager

Building and Maintaining a Productive High Volume Foster Program That Serves the Animals YOU Need Help With

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 [...]

Richard Samuels

Michelle Welch

Investigating and Prosecuting Animal Crimes in Small, Rural and Tribal Communities (Part 2)

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 [...]

Tanya Smith

Tammy Thies

The Captive Wildlife Crisis: Responding to cases involving wild cats

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 [...]

Josh Fisher

Data-Driven Decision Making for Animal Welfare Organizations – Part 1

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 [...]

Dave Pauli

Did They Actually Live Happily Ever After? Debunking Translocation Myths

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 [...]

Jake Kamins

Top 10 Ways to Screw Up a Case

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. [...]

Lori R. Todd

The Care, Nurturing and Enrichment of Tame and Feral Volunteers

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 [...]

David Rosengard

Prosecuting Farmed Animal Cruelty

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 [...]

Jake Kamins

Preparing for Trial: What Witnesses and Experts Need to Know

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 [...]

David Rosengard

Courtroom Animal Advocate Programs: At the Crossroads of Crime Victim Law and Animal Law

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 [...]

John Griffin

Dave Pauli

Helping Wild Animals in Distress

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 [...]

Michelle Welch

Animal Crimes: The Issues and Problems Facing Small, Rural and Tribal Law Enforcement (Part 1)

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 [...]

Trevor Whipple

Animal Cruelty Investigations and the 4th Amendment

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 [...]

Madisen Taylor

Alicia Dease

Adam Leath

Tools, Tips and Tricks for the ACO: Lessons Learned from the Field

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 [...]

Katie Campbell

Pet Friendly Domestic Violence Shelters: Creating a pet-friendly program that works for your community

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. [...]

Chris Brosan

Avoiding Teeth and Bullets: Safely Interacting with Animals as a Law Enforcement Officer

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 [...]

Michelle Welch

Making the Call: Simple, Gross Neglect or Cruelty?

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 [...]

Shannon Harkey

Build Short Term Foster Programs to Reduce Kennel Stress and Increase Adoptions: Staycations and Daycations

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 [...]

David Rosengard

When The Evidence Needs A Home: Best Practices for Pre-Conviction Forfeiture Statute Use

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 [...]

John Griffin

Reuniting and Renesting Orphaned Wildlife

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, [...]

Ann-Marie Plasto

Tina Martin

Successful Animal Management Program in Regional Australia: Lessons learned from a multi – agency approach in a challenging comm

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 [...]

Nina Stively

When the Evidence Wags Its Tail

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 [...]

Michelle Welch

What ACO’s Need to Know about Puppy Mills

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 [...]

Adam Leath

Video Testimony: The Virtual Courtroom for the ACO

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 [...]

Dr. Kris Otteman DVM

Linda Fielder

Emily Lewis

Preserving the Bond and Preventing Cruelty: The Veterinarian’s Role

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 [...]

Josh Fisher

Recruiting the Next Generation to Your Agency

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 [...]

Adam Leath

Actions Speak Louder than Words: What Your Boss Wished You Knew. Professionalism in an Increasingly Unprofessional World

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 [...]

Beth Gammie

Animals in Disasters: How to Help Your Community

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 [...]

Trish McMillan

Diana Rayment

Assessing Dog Behaviour in Shelter Settings

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 [...]

Trish McMillan

Diana Rayment

Canine Communication in the Field and Shelter

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 [...]

David Rosengard

Understanding Wildlife Animal Cruelty

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 [...]

Dave Pauli

How to Free Companion Animals and Wildlife Wrongly Caught in Traps

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 [...]

Adam Leath

Custody Considerations in Animal Control

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 [...]

Josh Fisher

Enhancing Your Managed Intake Process

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 [...]

Emily Lewis

David Rosengard

The Status of Animals in Criminal Animal Cruelty Cases: What Animal Protection Professionals Need to Know

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, [...]

Katie Campbell

Supporting Domestic Violence Survivors and their Pets through Collaboration

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 [...]

Adam Leath

The Secret Sauce to Finding the Best Candidates

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 [...]

John Griffin

What are Mesopredators? Taking a Deeper Look at Solving Problems with Our Smallest Urban Predators

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 [...]

Josh Fisher

Getting Started with Managed Intake

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 [...]

Jake Kamins

Working and Managing Inter-Agency Relationships: Investigating & Prosecuting Animal Abuse Cases

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 [...]

Jessica Lauginiger

Large-Scale Animal Cruelty Seizures: Key Considerations

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 [...]

Martha Smith-Blackmore, DVM

Jessica Rock

Processing Evidence in Animal Crime Cases

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 [...]

Adam Leath

Is Mission Creep Killing Your Agency?

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 [...]

Phil Arkow

Improving Public Safety by Stopping Animal Cruelty: The LINK

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 [...]

Diane Robinson

A Look at Hurricane Dorian: Were we ready? Lessons about Planning, Preparedness and Future Response

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 [...]

Andrew Campbell

More than Words: The Emotional Maltreatment of Children

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 [...]

Michelle Welch

Understanding the Link between Animal Abuse and Other Human Crimes: What Probation Officers Need to Know

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 [...]

Audra Houghton

Large-Animal Cruelty Cases: Unique Considerations for Investigating Non-Companion Animal Neglect

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 [...]

Jake Kamins

Working with Your Local Vets: Creating Veterinary Partnerships among Law Enforcement, Prosecution and your Veterinary Community

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 [...]

Madeline Bernstein

Scott Page

Scott Giacoppo

Trevor Whipple

Planning ahead: Law Enforcement’s response to animal-related calls for service during COVID-19

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 [...]

Andrew Campbell

Unintended Consequences of the Coronavirus Response: Increasing Risk of Family Violence

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 [...]

Claudine Wilkins

Dangerous Dog Cases, Tips on Investigations and Prosecution

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 [...]

Lynsey White

Top 10 Tips for Taking Wildlife Calls

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 [...]

Andrew Campbell

All Eyes on DV: Developing a Multi-Disciplinary Perspective to Domestic Violence

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 [...]

Dr. J Tischendorf

COVID-19: What it Means for Animals and Animal Care/Control Professionals (The Corona Virus)

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 [...]

Ed Jamison

Scott Giacoppo

Nick Lippincott

Seeing Clearly in 2020: Trends and Challenges in Animal Control

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 [...]

Nina Stively

Hashtags and Hate Mail

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 [...]

Claudine Wilkins

Dangerous Dog Cases, Tips on Investigations and Prosecution

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, [...]

Jake Kamins

Animals as Victims: Charging and the Law

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 [...]

Lynsey White

Solving Problems with Coyotes

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 [...]

Adam Leath

Engagement of Public/Private partnerships in animal cruelty Investigations

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 [...]

Trevor Whipple

Animal Cruelty and Violent Crime: What First Responding Officers Need to Know

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 [...]

Michelle Welch

Investigating and Prosecuting Animal Sexual Abuse Cases

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 [...]

Claudine Wilkins

Liability Issues for Law Enforcement

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 [...]

Dave Pauli

Humane Wildlife Capture and Handling: Advanced Techniques for Success

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 [...]

John Griffin

Urban Wildlife 101

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 [...]

Diane Robinson

Equine Cruelty 101

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 [...]

Jenny Edwards

Sex, Lies, and Videotape: What every enforcement officer needs to know about bestiality

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 [...]

Adam Leath

Animal Hoarding: What Criminal Justice Professionals Need to Know

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 [...]

John Griffin

Wildlife and Rabies

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 [...]

Diane Robinson

ICS and Legal Considerations for Animals in Natural Disaster Response

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 [...]

Jessica Rock

Creating an Animal Abuse Task Force: How Law Enforcement Can Work with Local Resources to Investigate and Prosecute Crimes

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 [...]

Richard Samuels

Michelle Welch

Advanced Cock Fighting Investigations and Prosecutions

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 [...]

Claudine Wilkins

Prosecutors and Law enforcement Tools in Animal Cruelty Cases

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 [...]

Terry Mills

What Dog Fighters Don’t Want You to Know: Considerations for the Justice Professional

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 [...]

Adam Leath

Retail Sale of Pets: What Investigative Agencies Need to Know

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 [...]

Adam Ricci

Leading the Chaos

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 [...]

Nick Lippincott

Dan DeSousa

Reducing Recidivism: Creating a Responsible Pet Ownership Program

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. [...]

Michelle Welch

Drowning in Dogs, Cats, Horses…

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 [...]

Dr. J Tischendorf

The Wild World of Zoonotic Disease: An Introduction

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 [...]

Dr. Peggy Rothbaum

Protecting the Protector: Who is Taking Care of You?

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 [...]

Amy Taylor

Michelle Welch

Advanced Dog Fighting Investigations

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 [...]

Jennifer H. Chin

Pre-Conviction Forfeiture of Seized Animals: Considerations for Justice Professionals

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 [...]

Adam Leath

The Use of Social Media to Investigate Animal Crime: Considerations for Law Enforcement Professionals

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 [...]

Lynsey White

How Shelters Can Make Policies More Humane for Wildlife

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, [...]

Janee’ Boswell

2013 Colorado Floods, Boulder’s Emergency Animal Air Rescues: A Military and Animal Control Collaboration

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. [...]

Claudine Wilkins

Criminal Cases Involving Multi-Animal Impounds

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 [...]

Andrew Campbell

Domestically Violent Homes: Threats of Harm for Children

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 [...]

Michael M. Brown

John Thompson

Emotional Intelligence: The Key to Keeping Animal Care and Control Personnel Safe

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 [...]

Michelle Welch

Advanced Techniques for Dog Fighting Prosecutions

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 [...]

Nick Lippincott

From Guide Dogs to Therapy Squirrels: The Americans with Disabilities Act and Animal Welfare Professionals

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, [...]

Michelle Welch

Creating an Animal Abuse and Cruelty Unit for Your Agency

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 [...]

Adam Ricci

Advanced Components of Animal Cruelty Investigations

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 [...]

Martha Smith-Blackmore, DVM

Working with Your Veterinarian to Better Document Animal Maltreatment

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 [...]

Leigh Anne Garrard

Investigating Animal Crimes: What Law Enforcement and Other Justice Professionals Need to Know

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 [...]

Nick Lippincott

Dan DeSousa

Bad Dogs, Bad Dogs, Whatcha Gonna Do? The Designation and Regulation of Vicious/Dangerous Dogs

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 [...]

Michelle Welch

The Link between Animal Abuse and Human Abuse: Understanding the link to help investigate and prosecute your cases

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 [...]

Jessica Rock

Animal Cruelty Investigations and Prosecutions

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 [...]

Michelle Welch

What Investigators and Prosecutors Need to Know about Building Cases Against Cock Fighting Perpetrators

Webinar Video Clip: What Investigators and Prosecutors Need to Know about Building Cases Against Cock Fighting The Justice Clearinghouse has covered a couple of times the subject of animal cruelty [...]

Martha Smith-Blackmore, DVM

Opioids, Animal Welfare and K9 Safety

Dogs have proven themselves to be helpful and dependable companions that a selected few are even trained to be part of law enforcement’s K9 unit. Dogs are subject to [...]

Mary Lou Randour, Ph.D.

Dan DeSousa

Animal Cruelty Reporting: What Law Enforcement and Justice Professionals Need to Know

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 [...]

Andrew Campbell

Bad to the Bone: Pet Abuse, Child Abuse, and Intimate Partner Violence

Children who witnessed abuse or have been abused themselves are at a higher risk to become violent during adulthood. Several studies have established the link between animal abuse and other [...]

John Thompson

“Officer Why Did You Shoot My Dog?” The Dynamics of Officer Involved Shootings of Dogs

72.9 million US households report to having at least one pet – that means one in every 5 American has a dog, cat or other pets. These days, more and more household treat [...]

Jessica Rock

Animal Cruelty and the Link to Collateral Crimes – How animal abuse investigations may lead to other crimes by or against humans

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 [...]

Dr. Melinda Merck

The Path from Animal Abuse to Human Abuse: Using Veterinary Forensics to Support Investigation and Prosecution Efforts

In a past webinar with John Thompson, we were able to deep-dive into the link of animal abuse to human abuse. He detailed the reasons why animal abuse should be [...]

John Thompson

Partners in Crime: The Link between Animal Abuse and Human Abuse

“When animals are abused, people are at risk; When people are abused, animals are at risk.” This is the message that this webinar wants to get across. People often think [...]

After the Webinar: Community Cats. Q&A with the Presenters

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 [...]

After the Webinar: Problem Oriented Response for Animal Welfare Agencies. Q&A with Scott Giacoppo

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 [...]

After the Webinar: Tips for Effective Testimony about Animal Crimes

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 [...]

After the Webinar: Critical Incident Stress Management for ACOs. Q&A with Adam Leath

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: [...]

After the Webinar: Solving Problems with Bears and Cougars. Q&A with Lynsey White

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

After the Webinar: Active Listening and Basic De-Escalation for the Animal Welfare and Control Professional. Q&A with Jennifer Toussaint

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 [...]

After the Webinar: Data Driven Decision Making for Animal Welfare Organizations Part 2. Q&A with Dr. Josh Fisher

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. &[...]

After the Webinar: Building and Maintaining a Fostering Program. Q&A with Amy Yeager

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: [...]

After the Webinar: Investigating and Prosecuting Animal Crimes in Small, Rural and Tribal Communities. Q&A with the Presenters

Webinar presenters Michelle Welch and Richard Samuels answered a number of your questions after their presentation, Investigating and Prosecuting Animal Crimes in Small, Rural and Tribal Communities (part 2). Here are [...]

After the Webinar: The Captive Wildlife Crisis. Q&A with the Presenters

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 [...]

After the Webinar: Data Driven Decision Making for Animal Welfare Organizations Part 1. Q&A with Dr. Josh Fisher

Webinar presenter Dr. Josh Fisher answered a number of your questions after his presentation, Data-Driven Decision Making for Animal Welfare Organizations (part 1). Here are just a few of his responses. &[...]

After the Webinar: Top 10 Ways to Screw Up a Case. Q&A with Jake Kamins

Webinar presenter Jake Kamins answered a number of your questions after his presentation, Top 10 Ways to Screw Up Your Case. Here are just a few of his responses. Audience [...]

After the Webinar: Prosecuting Farmed Animal Cruelty. Q&A with David Rosengard

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, [...]

After the Webinar: Getting Started in the Animal Control and Protection Field. Q&A with Bryan Harkey

Webinar presenter Bryan Harkey answered a number of your questions after his presentation, Getting Started in the Animal Control and Protection Field. Here are just a few of his responses. &[...]

After the Webinar: Preparing for Trial – What Witnesses and Experts Need to Know. Q&A with Jake Kamins

Webinar presenter Jake Kamins answered a number of your questions after his presentation, Preparing for Trial: What Witnesses and Experts Need to Know. Here are just a few of his [...]

After the Webinar: Courtroom Animal Advocate Programs. Q&A with David Rosengard

Webinar presenter David Rosengard answered a number of your questions after his presentation, Courtroom Animal Advocate Programs: At the Crossroads of Crime Victim Law and Animal Law. Here are just [...]

After the Webinar: Animal Crimes – The Issues and Problems Facing Small, Rural, and Tribal Law Enforcement. Q&A with Michelle Welch

Webinar presenter Michelle Welch answered a number of your questions after her presentation, Animal Crimes: The Issues and Problems Facing Small, Rural and Tribal Law Enforcement. Here are just a [...]

After the Webinar: Animal Cruelty Investigations and the 4th Amendment. Q&A with Trevor Whipple

Webinar presenter Trevor Whipple answered a number of your questions after his presentation, Animal Cruelty Investigations and the 4th Amendment: Avoiding the Fruit of the Poisonous Tree. Here are just [...]

After the Webinar: Tools, Tips and Tricks for the ACO – Lessons from the Field. Q&A with the Presenters

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 [...]

After the Webinar: Avoiding Teeth and Bullets-Safely Interacting with Animals as an LEO. Q&A with Chris Brosan

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 [...]

After the Webinar: Making the Call – Simple, Gross Neglect or Animal Cruelty. Q&A with Michelle Welch

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. &[...]

After the Webinar: When the Evidence Needs a Home. Q&A with David Rosengard

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 [...]

After the Webinar: Reuniting and Renesting Orphaned Wildlife. Q&A with John Griffin

Webinar presenter John Griffin answered a number of your questions after his presentation, Reuniting and Renesting Orphaned Wildlife. Here are just a few of his responses. Audience Question: I've [...]

After the Webinar: When the Evidence Wags its Tail. Q&A with Nina Stively

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: [...]

After the Webinar: Video Testimony – The Virtual Courtroom for the ACO. Q&A with Adam Leath

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. [...]

After the Webinar: Preserving the Bond, Preventing Cruelty – the Veterinarian’s Role. Q&A with the Presenters

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 [...]

After the Webinar: Recruiting the Next Generation to Your Agency. Q&A with Josh Fisher.

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. [...]

After the Webinar: What Your Boss Really Wished You Knew – Professionalism in an Increasingly Unprofessional World. Q&A with Adam Leath

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 [...]

After the Webinar: Animals in Disasters. Q&A with Beth Gammie

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 [...]

Thoughts on Helping Others from Adam Leath

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 [...]

After the Webinar: Assessing Dog Behavior in Shelter Settings. Q&A with the Presenters

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 [...]

Thoughts about Pet Abuse from Katie Campbell

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 [...]

Thoughts about Children and their Pets from Katie Campbell

After the Webinar: Canine Communications in the Field and Shelter. Q&A with the Presenters

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 [...]

After the Webinar: Understanding Wildlife Animal Cruelty. Q&A with David Rosengard

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 [...]

After the Webinar: How to Free Companion Animals and Wildlife Wrongly Caught in Traps. Q&A with Dave Pauli

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 [...]

After the Webinar: Custody Considerations in Animal Control. Q&A with Adam Leath

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 [...]

After the Webinar: Enhancing Your Managed Intake Process. Q&A with Dr. Josh Fisher

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, [...]

After the Webinar: The Status of Animals in Criminal Animal Cruelty Cases. Q&A with the Presenters

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 [...]

After the Webinar: Supporting Domestic Violence Survivors and Their Pets through Collaboration. Q&A with Katie Campbell

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. &[...]

After the Webinar: The Secret Sauce to Finding the Best Candidates. Q&A with Adam Leath

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. [...]

After the Webinar: Mesopredators – Solving Problems with Our Smallest Urban Predators. Q&A with John Griffin

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 [...]

After the Webinar: Getting Started with Managed Intake. Q&A with Dr. Josh Fisher

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: [...]

After the Webinar: Working and Managing Inter-Agency Relationships. Q&A with Jake Kamins

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 [...]

After the Webinar: Large-Scale Animal Cruelty Seizures. Q&A with HSUS’ Jessica Johnson

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 [...]

After the Webinar: Processing Evidence in Animal Crime Cases. Q&A with the Presenters

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 [...]

After the Webinar: Is Mission Creep Killing Your Agency. Q&A with Adam Leath

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 [...]

In Case You Missed It: A Snippet from More than Words

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 [...]

After the Webinar: Improving Public Safety by Stopping Animal Cruelty. Q&A with Phil Arkow

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 [...]

After the Webinar: A Look at Hurricane Dorian. Q&A with Diane Robinson

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 [...]

Thoughts about Protecting Animals during Disasters from Diane Robinson

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 [...]

Thoughts on Caring for Animals during Disasters from Diane Robinson

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 [...]

Thoughts on Neglect from Audra Houghton

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 [...]

After the Webinar: More than Words. Q&A with Andrew Campbell

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. [...]

In Case You Missed It: A Snippet from Working with Your Local Vet

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 [...]

After the Webinar: Understanding the Link between Animal Abuse and Other Human Crimes – What Probation Officers Need to Know. Q&A with Michelle Welch

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 [...]

After the Webinar: Large Animal Cruelty Cases. Q&A with Audra Houghton

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 [...]

A Reminder about Animal Welfare from Jake Kamins

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 [...]

After the Webinar: Planning Ahead – Law Enforcement’s Response to Animal Related Calls. Q&A with the Presenters

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 [...]

After the Webinar: Working with Your Local Vet. Q&A with Jake Kamins

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 [...]

More DV Statistics from Andrew Campbell

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 [...]

DV Statistics from Andrew Campbell

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 [...]

Insights into Caring ACOs from Nina Stively

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 [...]

Thoughts on Online Harassment from Nina Stively

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, [...]

After the Webinar: Unintended Consequences of the Coronavirus Response. Q&A with Andrew Campbell

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 [...]

After the Webinar: Dangerous Dog Cases. Q&A with Claudine Willkins

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 [...]

After the Webinar: Top 10 Tips for Taking Wildlife Calls. Q&A with Lynsey White

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 [...]

Thoughts about Victims from Michelle Welch

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 [...]

Thoughts about Animal Victims from Jake Kamins

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 [...]

After the Webinar: COVID-19 – What it Means for Animals and Animal Care/Control Professionals. Q&A with Dr. Jay Tischendorf

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 [...]

After the Webinar: Hashtags and Hate Mail. Q&A with Nina Stively

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 [...]

After the Webinar: Seeing Clearly in 2020 – Trends and Challenges in Animal Control. Q&A with the Presenters

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 [...]

After the Webinar: Witness Preparation. Q&A with the Presenters

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. [...]

After the Webinar: Animals as Victims – Charging and the Law. Q&A with Jake Kamins

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 [...]

Thoughts on Animal Abuse from HSUS’ Diane Robinson

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 [...]

Thoughts on Animal Cruelty from HSUS’ Diane Robinson

After the Webinar: Investigating and Prosecuting Animal Sexual Abuse Cases. Q&A with Michelle Welch

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 [...]

After the Webinar: Animal Cruelty & Violent Crime – What First Responding Officers Need to Know. Q&A with HSUS’ Trevor Whipple

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 [...]

After the Webinar: Engagement of Public Private Partnerships in Animal Cruelty Investigations. Q&A with Adam Leath

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. &[...]

After the Webinar: Solving Problems with Coyotes. Q&A With HSUS’ Lynsey White

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 [...]

Animal Welfare Issues and Trends in the 2020s: Our Experts Share Their Insights

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 [...]

After the Webinar: Liability Issues for Law Enforcement. Q&A with Claudine Wilkins

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 [...]

After the Webinar: Human Wildlife Capture and Handling. Q&A with Dave Pauli

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 [...]

After the Webinar: Urban Wildlife 101. Q&A with HSUS’ John Griffin

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 [...]

After the Webinar: What Every Enforcement Officer Needs to Know about Bestiality. Q&A with Jenny Edwards

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 [...]

After the Webinar: Animal Hoarding. Q&A with Adam Leath

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. &[...]

After the Webinar: Wildlife and Rabies. Q&A with HSUS’ John Griffin

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 [...]

Thoughts on Animal Welfare from Diane Robinson

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 [...]

After the Webinar: Animals in Natural Disaster Response. Q&A with Diane Robinson

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 [...]

After the Webinar: Creating an Animal Abuse Task Force. Q&A with Jessica Rock

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 [...]

After the Webinar: A Day in the Life. Q&A with Andrew Campbell

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 [...]

After the Webinar: Advanced Cockfighting Investigations & Prosecutions. Q&A with the Presenters.

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. &[...]

After the Webinar: Prosecutor & Law Enforcement Tools in Animal Abuse Cases. Q&A with Claudine Wilkins

Webinar presenter Claudine Wilkins answered a number of your questions after her presentation, Prosecutor and Law Enforcement Tools in Animal Abuse Cases. Here are just a few of her responses. &[...]

After the Webinar: What Dog Fighters Don’t Want You to Know. Q&A with Terry Mills

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 [...]

After the Webinar: The Retail Sale of Pets. Q&A with Adam Leath

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 [...]

After the Webinar: Leading the Chaos. Q&A with Adam Ricci

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 [...]

After the Webinar: Pregnant Partner Violence and Associated Risks. Q&A with Andrew Campbell

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 [...]

After the Webinar: Creating a Responsible Pet Owner Program. Q&A with the Presenters

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 [...]

After the Webinar: The Wild World of Zoonotic Disease. Q&A with Dr. Jay Tischendorf

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 [...]

After the Webinar: Drowning in Dogs, Cats, Horses… Q&A with Michelle Welch

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 [...]

After the Webinar: How Shelters Can Make Policies More Humane for Wildlife. Q&A with Lynsey White

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. &[...]

After the Webinar: The Use of Social Media to Investigate Animal Crime. Q&A with Adam Leath

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. &[...]

After the Webinar: Advanced Techniques in Dog Fighting Investigations. Q&A with the Presenters

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. &[...]

After the Webinar: Protecting the Protector. Q&A with Dr. Peggy Rothbaum

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. &[...]

After the Webinar: Criminal Cases Involving Multi-Animal Impounds. Q&A with Claudine Wilkins

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 [...]

After the Webinar: 2013 Colorado Floods. Q&A with Janee Boswell

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 [...]

After the Webinar: Domestically Violent Homes. Q&A with Andrew Campbell

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. [...]

After the Webinar: Advanced Techniques in Dog Fighting Prosecutions. Q&A with Michelle Welch

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 [...]

After the Webinar: The Key to Emotional Intelligence. Q&A with the Presenters

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 [...]

Thoughts on Officer Safety from John Thompson

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 [...]

Thoughts on Working with Others from Michelle Welch

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 [...]

After the Webinar: From Guide Dogs to Therapy Squirrels. Q&A with NACA’s Nick Lippincott

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 [...]

Thoughts on Crime Scene Investigation from Adam Ricci

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 [...]

After the Webinar: Creating an Animal Abuse & Cruelty Unit. Q&A with Michelle Welch

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: [...]

After the Webinar: Advanced Components of Animal Cruelty Investigations. Q&A with Adam Ricci

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 [...]

Thoughts on Learning from Michelle Welch

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 [...]

In Case You Missed It: A Snippet from Animal Cruelty Reporting

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: [...]

In Case You Missed It: Video Snippet from Investigating and Prosecuting Cock Fighting Cases

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 [...]

In Case You Missed It: A Snippet from Working with Your Vet to Document Animal Maltreatment

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 [...]

After the Webinar: Working with Your Vet to Document Animal Maltreatment. Q&A with Dr. Smith-Blackmore

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. &[...]

After the Webinar: Bad Dogs, Bad Dogs. Q&A with the Presenters

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 [...]

After the Webinar: The Link between Animal Abuse and Human Abuse. Q&A with Michelle Welch

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 [...]

After the Webinar: Building Cases against Cock Fighters. Q&A with Michelle Welch

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 [...]

After the Webinar: Animal Cruelty Reporting. Q&A with the Presenters

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." [...]

After the Webinar: Opioids, Animal Welfare and K9 Safety. Q&A with Dr. Martha Smith-Blackmore

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. [...]

Insight about Learning from John Thompson

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. &[...]

New Partnership for Animal Control Professionals: Justice Clearinghouse and NACA

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 [...]

After the Webinar: Bad to the Bone. Q&A with Andrew Campbell

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.&[...]

Thoughts about Animals and Domestic Violence from Andrew Campbell

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 [...]

Thoughts about IPV and Animal Abuse from Andrew Campbell

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 [...]

Thoughts about Animal and Child Abuse from Andrew Campbell

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 [...]

Thoughts about Animal Abuse from Andrew Campbell

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 [...]

Thoughts on Animal-Officer Involved Shootings from John Thompson

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 [...]

After the Webinar: “Officer, Why’d You Shoot My Dog?” Q&A with John Thompson

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 [...]

Case Preparation and Courtroom Presentation: An Interview with Jessica Rock

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 [...]

After the Webinar: Animal Cruelty and the Link to Collateral Crimes. Q&A with Jessica Rock

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 [...]

After the Webinar: The Path from Animal Abuse to Human Abuse. Q&A with Dr. Melinda Merck

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 [...]

Infographic: Partners in Crime – The Link between animal abuse and human abuse

“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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