NACA Field Services Series: Recognizing Cruelty vs. Neglect - Balancing Resources and Enforcement

This course equips animal welfare professionals and related stakeholders with the skills to identify and distinguish between cruelty and neglect, assess owner intent and capacity, and determine when education, support services or enforcement is the most appropriate course of action.

By introducing entry-level investigative techniques with a community-centered approach, the course supports ethical, informed and effective decision making that improves animal outcomes while maintaining fairness and professionalism.

This course has been approved for CEs by the National Animal Care & Control Association and the Association for Animal Welfare Advancement.

This course has been approved for CEs toward ACO CE requirements per Ch. 829 of the Texas Health and Safety Code by the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS). Maddie’s Fund® has read & adhered to standards & curriculum prescribed by the Texas Department of State Health Services.

If a participant wants to provide feedback on this courses and/or the sponsor, the participant can mail comments to the Texas Department of State Health Services, Training Course Coordinator, Zoonosis Control, MC 1956, P.O. Box 149347, Austin, Texas, 78714-9347 or email them to [email protected].