Editing Animal control service (section)

==Duties and function==
Typically animals that are found will be checked for owner identification, including checking any ID tags, scanning for [[Microchip implant (animal)|microchips]], and checking for tattoos.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nacanet.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/NACA_Guidelines.pdf|title=NACA Guidelines|date=2017|website=National Animal Care & Control Association|type=PDF}}</ref> Animals may be returned to their owners, or transported to a veterinary clinic or [[animal shelter]]. Animals held in the shelter can be returned to their owners, [[adopted]], released to the wild, held as evidence in a criminal investigation or [[Animal euthanasia|euthanized]].<ref>Notaro, Stephen J. "Disposition Of Shelter Companion Animals From Nonhuman Animal Control Officers, Citizen Finders, And Relinquished By Caregivers." Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science 7.3 (2004): 181-188. Academic Search Premier. Web. March 13, 2013.</ref>

Animal control services may be provided by the government or through a contract with a [[humane society]] or society for the prevention of [[cruelty to animals]]. Officers may work for, or with, [[police]] or [[sheriff]] departments, parks and recreation departments, and health departments by confining animals or investigating animal bites to humans.

Active cruelty to animals may be an indicator of serious psychological or violence problems.<ref>[http://www.americanhumane.org/interaction/support-the-bond/fact-sheets/animal-abuse-domestic-violence.html Facts About Animal Abuse & Domestic Violence] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121120064959/http://www.americanhumane.org/interaction/support-the-bond/fact-sheets/animal-abuse-domestic-violence.html |date=November 20, 2012 }} ''[[American Humane Association]]'' Accessed November 12, 2006</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animaltherapy.net/DomesticViolence.html |title=Domestic Violence & the Animal Abuse Link |publisher=Animaltherapy.net |access-date=November 6, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081229144457/http://www.animaltherapy.net/DomesticViolence.html |archive-date=December 29, 2008 }}</ref><ref name="aggression-v-animals">{{Cite journal|url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7357998/|title=Aggression against cats, dogs and people|first=A. R.|last=Felthous|date=October 12, 1980|journal=Child Psychiatry and Human Development|volume=10|issue=3|pages=169–177|via=PubMed|doi=10.1007/BF01433629|pmid=7357998|s2cid=24502567}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url = https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CEEDF113EF934A3575BC0A967958260&scp=309&sq=Daniel+Goleman&st=nyt | title = Clues to a Dark Nurturing Ground for One Serial Killer | work = New York Times | date = August 7, 1991 | first = Daniel | last = Goleman | access-date = April 30, 2010 | archive-date = August 23, 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200823201105/https://www.nytimes.com/1991/08/07/us/clues-to-a-dark-nurturing-ground-for-one-serial-killer.html | url-status = live }}</ref> Because of these links, in some places animal control officers have begun to look for and report on other issues.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10532376|title=SPCA, CYF police each other's patches|publisher=New Zealand Herald|date=September 16, 2008|access-date=September 29, 2008|first=Alanah|last=May Eriksen|archive-date=May 22, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522214949/http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10532376|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Legal details in the United States of America ===
The most common requirements for this job is some prior experience handling animals on a farm, as a veterinary assistant or animal trainer.<ref>[http://www.animalcontrol.org.nz/Job_Opportunities.html "Entry Requirements"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160123022011/http://www.animalcontrol.org.nz/Job_Opportunities.html |date=January 23, 2016 }}, animalcontrol.org.nz</ref> Training is primarily on the job but some jurisdictions (like Virginia, North Carolina and Texas) require formal and continuing education<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090117073850/http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?000+cod+3.2-6556 VA Requirements], Code of Virginia</ref> available from community colleges and trade associations.

Some animal cruelty investigators are specially trained police officers.<ref>[http://www.criminaljusticeprograms.com/specialty/animal-cruelty-investigator/ "Requirements for Becoming an Animal Cruelty Investigator"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151210075805/http://www.criminaljusticeprograms.com/specialty/animal-cruelty-investigator/ |date=December 10, 2015 }}, criminaljusticeprograms.com</ref> The New York [[American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals]] (ASPCA) formerly employed and [[Animal Care Centers of NYC]] (ACC) currently employs several Humane Law Enforcement Officers with some police powers (including the power of [[arrest]]) and the [[Oregon Humane Society]] employs Humane Special Agents in partnership with the [[Oregon Humane Society|Oregon State Police]] who are fully-sworn law enforcement officers.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Goodwick |first=Kelsey O'Lea |date=2022-04-13 |title=Q&A: All About Humane Law Enforcement |url=https://www.oregonhumane.org/all-about-hle/ |access-date=2023-10-16 |website=Oregon Humane Society |language=en-US}}</ref> Throughout the United States this arrangement is becoming more common.<ref>{{Cite web|title=History of American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) – FundingUniverse|url=http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/american-society-for-the-prevention-of-cruelty-to-animals-aspca-history/|access-date=2021-05-23|website=www.fundinguniverse.com}}</ref>