Best Practices Resource Center

This page will take you to links that focus on best practices....how to run a shelter, how to best develop ordinances for your town, etc.

HUMANE ANIMAL CONTROL MANUAL

In the Humane Animal Control manual, you will find a road map for progressive, community-based animal care and control. Best Friends Animal Society has assembled a collection of descriptions of our country’s most successful lifesaving programs, written by those who helped make them possible. Whether you’re a municipal employee new to this field or a seasoned veteran, we hope that this publication will empower you and your agency to expand the level of service you bring to the people and animals in your community. See these two links below to assist you in your efforts. GREAT resources!

https://s3fs.bestfriends.org/s3fs-public/08812_Animal%20Control%20Manual_Interactive_FINAL%20PAGES%20lowres.pdf?mR_MZKe25jXaqh65xCQ5nFGNoK86rTCe&_ga=2.224858396.785034111.1601129517-1600936384.1601129517

http://ippsr.msu.edu/sites/default/files/MAPPR/Best%20Practices%20in%20Local%20Animal%20Shelters%20Reese.pdf

Involving the Community Through Proactive Animal Control

As animal Control Officers, we need to assist our community members with proactive and positive education that helps not only modify behavior and understanding of animal ownership. in doing this, is will communities to keep animals in homes and out of the shelter. This also builds a vital trust of the shelters in the communities they service. This link below will allow you to access some articles and a webinar on this topic.

https://www.aspcapro.org/resource/saving-lives/involving-community-through-proactive-animal-control

WEBINAR ON HOW ANIMAL CONTROL CAN BE PROACTIVE WITH THE COMMUNITY

A proponent of proactive community animal control, Officer Todd Stosuy regularly presents and teaches workshops to the field, sharing strategies of community-oriented policing within animal control departments. Stosuy has been with the Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter since 2003, and served as president of the National Animal Care and Control Association from 2011-2015. He is passionate about building relationships that foster trust in animal control agencies and providing pet owners in the community with information and resources. The link below takes you to the webinar by Officer Todd Stosuy

https://www.aspcapro.org/webinar/201401211/proactive-community-animal-control#video-player

STATE OF NJ BEST PRACTICES

https://www.nj.gov/health/vph/documents/components_municipal_animal_control_2017.pdf

NACA GUIDELINES ON ANIMAL CARE AND ANIMAL CONTROL

NACA Guidelines (nacanet.org)

Best Practices in Local Animal Control Ordinances

http://ippsr.msu.edu/sites/default/files/MAPPR/Best%20Practices%20in%20Local%20Animal%20Shelters%20Reese.pdf

THE ROLE OF ANIMAL CONTROL IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Chapter One: The Role of Animal Control

Chapter 1_Role of Animal Control in Local Government.pdf (amazonaws.com)

Chapter Two: The Role of Local Government in Animal Control

Chapter 2_Role of Local Government in Animal Control.pdf (amazonaws.com)