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Tuesday, 12 September 2017 8:00 AM - Wednesday, 13 September 2017 4:00 PM EST
1 Rabbit Hill Road, Westborough, Massachusetts, 01581, United States
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Massachusetts Division of Fisheries & Wildlife, 1 Rabbit Hill Road, Westborough, Massachusetts, 01581, United States.
Massachusetts animal control officer training begins with this mandatory 16-credit-hour Core Competencies course. The Core Competencies module is comprised of the following topics:
DAY 1 - 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Massachusetts state laws
Emergency preparedness
DAY 2 - 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Companion animal identification, behavior, and safe handling
Record-keeping and report writing
Communication and public relations
There will be a multiple choice quiz given at the end of Day 1 and a written exam to test practical report-writing skills at the end of Day 2. All tests are open-book. Results from these exams will be mailed on October 9, 2017.
Please come prepared with a writing utensil and paper and a copy of your certification form(s) if you previously took a comprehensive NACA, NEACHA, or ACOAM training course. Lunch details to be announced.
https:www.mass.gov/animalfund
Animal homelessness is a problem that causes animals’ lives to be lost to euthanasia, poses a public safety concern, and costs taxpayer money to pay for services for stray, abandoned, and feral animals and their offspring. It has been proven that sterilization of animals decreases not only the number of homeless and feral animals born each year, but it also decreases unwanted behavior in owned animals, including roaming and aggression, which are both factors that can lead to the surrender and euthanasia of animals. One solution to this problem is investing in spaying/neutering animals. Another is standardized and required animal control officer training that creates uniform enforcement of animal control laws. On October 31, 2012, a law took effect that, in part, created the Homeless Animal Prevention and Care Fund (Massachusetts Animal Fund). The Fund is administered by the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources with assistance from an advisory committee and seeks to end the problem of animal homelessness in Massachusetts. This program is solely funded by the voluntary tax check-off (Line 33f) on the Massachusetts resident income tax form and by monetary donations.
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