NACA Blog
Humane Highlight – June 2023
- Hardin County ACO’s – This month we want to recognize the amazing officers with Hardin County, Kentucky. Jeff Reece, Chris Siler, and Shane Carpenter. The Animal Care and Control Department serves Hardin County with 11 employees and more than 50 volunteers. At any...
Mental Health First Aid For ACO’s
NACA BRINGS MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID (MHFA) NATIONAL CERTIFICATION TRAINING OPPORTUNITY TO ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS (ACOs) AND ANIMAL WELFARE PROFESSIONALS To help equip ACOs to confidently and effectively respond when encountering human mental health challenges, the...
Humane Highlight May 2023
- Officer Jason Lessel - Jason created the 1st Animal Control Division in his county. H is currently Chief Director of Animal Control for the Town of Plantersville MS. Jason is a certified police officer that works in both fields. He told us " I work closely with...
Mental Health First Aid Training for ACO Professionals
"Attention animal care and control professionals! Do you want to gain easy-to-use evidence-based tools and increase your confidence in and ability to deal with mental health situations in your work as an animal care and control professional? Do you want to be able to...
Dispatch Digest: week of April 2-8, 2023
April 3-6: NACA is sponsoring the Field services track at the HSUS Animal Care Expo and will be presenting. Watch our Facebook page for live updates!UPCOMING TRAININGS:April 5-6: Missouri ACO Certification Training. April 8: Community Cats Podcast - Online Behavior...
NACA Statement on Minimum Training Requirements for Animal Care & Control Professionals
It is the position of NACA that every animal control officer should receive, at minimum, the below-outlined training. Requiring minimum training standards will increase safety for officers, animals, and the communities they serve. Furthermore, it is the position of...
Why Animal Control? How about Animal Services, Animal Welfare or Animal Protection, etc.?
Why Animal Control? How about Animal Services, Animal Welfare or Animal Protection, etc.? We could still be the dog whipper or the dog collector? Between the 16th and 18th century the dog whipper was employed by churches in England to keep stray dogs away from church...
Thanks to the #realheroes!
Today is the day… a little comic relief is here for animal control officers around the country! NACA is thrilled to be partnering up with @ComedyClubFox as we get ready to show the world the amazing, hard-working, dedicated, and yes, sometimes funny work of animal...
NACA Statement on Support of Updated Association of Shelter Veterinarian Guidelines
NACA leadership has reviewed the guidelines for standards of care in animal shelters issued in December 2022 by the Association of Shelter Veterinarians (ASV) and is pleased to provide an endorsement of this robust resource for shelter professionals. This is the first revision of the document, which was originally published in 2010.
February 2023 Dispatch Digest
Though the month of February is the shortest month of the year, it is not short of exciting things happening for NACA! As we embark on a new year, we are all realizing that this one will no doubt be another tough one.
NACA extends a heartfelt and special thank you to the sponsors of the 2024 State Association Summit. Their generous support was instrumental in making this event a reality, and without it, the summit would not have been possible.