Training and resources for animal control officers

   RESOURCES & INFORMATION

• ACOs Lead Change for Shelters
• Blog: Animal control: The no-kill movement’s not-so-secret ally
• Community Cat Programs Handbook
• Humane animal control manual
• Lifesaving Animal Service Contracts
• Mapping Made Easy: Using Data to Find Your Problems
• Outdated policies prevent shelters from partnering with the public to save lives
• Pet Community Resources
• Redefining the role of the 'dogcatcher'
• Return-to-Field from an Animal Control Officer's Perspective - City of Huntsville Animal Services, AL
• Saving America's Pets, Episode 11: A new focus on Animal Control Officers

   VIDEOS & WEBINARS

• A Call-Takers Guide to Fielding Loose Animal Calls During COVID-19
• Beyond the Scanner: Advanced Return-to-Owner in the Field Techniques
• Community Cats: Mitigating Feline Nuisance
• Intake Diversion in the Field
• Learning from the Past & Building Toward the Future in Animal Control
• Lifesaving Dispatch
• Strategic Animal Control Operations

Community Engagement Based Animal Control Programs

Saving the lives of more pets is the collective responsibility of communities, not just the job of shelters and animal control agencies. Everyone needs to get involved. Gaining your community’s trust and inspiring them to support you will lay the groundwork for long-term collaboration and bigger community impact. In this workshop, you'll learn how to reduce animal intake and call volume and save more lives while improving public perception of your department. We'll also talk about the difference between outreach and engagement and discuss how enforcement-based programs fail to provide sustainable solutions for animals and communities. Click here to watch.