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Mark your calendars! Polls open October 17th – 21st!
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Join NACA September 13th as we team up with Michaelson Found Animals to bring your stories presented by ACOs around the country going above and beyond to reunite pets with owners in the field! View on NACA Calendar
NACA is LEADing Conversations
Join us September 14th for our next LEADing Conversations with everyone’s favorite podcast host Daniel Ettinger! 10am EST!
Happy September! And what a busy month it will be for NACA and its members! We are thrilled to share that we have 12 board member prospects for the upcoming election – be sure to update your member profile with your most current information to ensure you receive your ballot. NACA Board of Director Election: October 17th – 21st – VOTING by individual members. Annual Membership Meeting October 29th.
Are you one of the 102 officers who registered and attended the 1st NACA LEADing Conversations session? It was a super success and congrats to Officer Jen McLaughlin for winning an ACO Starter Kit from our partners at ACES! Grab your seat for September’s session “HUMANEizing the Badge“.
Are you ready?
Access the NACA Disaster Portal now for resources on preparedness, how to get involved and access to training.
Officer LaDue is an Cruelty Investigations Officer in KCMO through KC Pet Project’s Animal Services Division. His daily focus is to investigate cases of animal cruelty and then pursue those cases, when appropriate, at a municipal or state level. He is a highly dedicated animal welfare professional and strives every day to make a positive and lasting impact on the animals and people within my community. He is currently ACO I and ACO II certified, in addition to being a Fear Free Shelters Graduate!! In addition, he holds other prestigious in-house and local qualifications.
When asked about his membership to NACA he had this to share with us! “NACA has connected me to a community of animal welfare professionals and provides comprehensive training that proves time and time again to be valuable both while handling the administrative part of our job as well as while providing field services. I am proud to be a member of NACA and to be certified through them. Thanks to NACA I have been getting to live my dream and have learned to perform my duties in a positive as well as effective way.”
Thank you, Officer LaDue, for your dedication to the work, the animals, and the communities in which you serve. NACA is honored to have you as a member.
This course covers safe, effective and humane use of standard-issue field services equipment. Videos present humane concepts and safe handling techniques. Use of tools and equipment is demonstrated by Animal Capture and Handling Instructor John Peaveler.
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