"Animal Cruelty: How Do You Know?"  Part 1

April 17, 2011, 10am - 3pm. 

North Seattle Community College, Rm ED2843A

Light lunch will be provided.

RSVP requested by April 10th: 

RSVP to: 206.238.9115 (SKCVMA voice) or

email: ACE@skcvma.org

There is no charge to attend this event. 

Four CE hours  (pre-approved)

Speakers: 

Randall Lockwood, PhD

Sergeant Nancy Spadoni

Bonnie Yoffe-Sharpe, DVM

Biographies:

Dr. Lockwood:

Randall Lockwood has degrees in psychology and biology from Wesleyan

University in Connecticut and a doctorate in psychology from Washington

University in St. Louis. In 2005 he joined the staff of the American Society

for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals where he is currently Senior Vice

President for Forensic Sciences and Anti-Cruelty Projects. He has testified

in dozens of trials involving cruelty to animals or the treatment of animals

in the context of other crimes, including dogfighting, child abuse, domestic

violence and homicide. His efforts to increase public and professional

awareness of the connection between animal abuse and other forms of

violence were profiled in an award-winning 1999 documentary entitled

”The Cruelty Connection”.  In 2008 he received a Public Service Award from

the United State’s Attorneys Office for his assistance in the Michael Vick

dogfighting case.

He serves on the Board of Directors of the International Veterinary Forensic

Sciences Association and is a member of the American Academy of

Forensic Sciences, and a fellow of the American College of Forensic

Examiners.   He is co-author of Cruelty to Animals and Interpersonal

Violence and  Forensic Investigation of Animal Cruelty: A Guide for

Veterinary and Law Enforcement Professionals, and author of Prosecuting

Animal Cruelty Cases: Opportunities for Early Response to Crime and

Interpersonal Violence.

Sgt. Spadoni:

Nancy L. Spadoni has been a fully commissioned peace officer with the

King County Sheriff’s Office for over 23 years. She spent eight years as a

patrol Deputy where she worked her way up to Master Police Officer and

trained many new Deputies in the field.  After patrol she was assigned as

a Detective to the Special Assault Unit where she spent five years

investigating over 650 cases of child physical and sexual abuse as well as

adult sexual abuse and domestic violence. She became a state instructor

on the topic of sexual abuse investigation and taught various classes to

commissioned officers throughout the state. In addition to these

investigative duties Deputy Spadoni was one of the first sketch artists for

the King County Sheriff’s Office.  In December of 2000 Deputy Spadoni was

assigned to the Advanced Training Unit where she and other members of

the unit developed curriculum to train departmental policy and procedure

and provided in-service training to Deputies to include: Vehicle Operations

and Pursuit Driving, Defensive Tactics, Taser, Active Shooter and Patrol

Tactics, and Use of Force as well as sitting on Department Shooting Review 

Boards.  Deputy Spadoni identified Animal Cruelty as a Law Enforcement

problem and realized that there was no training given to the commissioned

officers of the state at the academy or during inservice training. Deputy

Spadoni sought out various agencies, both public and private to determine

who, if anyone was handling these crimes, oftentimes felony crimes tied to

domestic violence and other issues.

In 2007 through 2008, she researched, developed, and trained Animal

Cruelty investigations to 500 commissioned Deputies of the King County

Sheriff’s Office. Additionally, she developed and trained report writing

curriculum for 26 King County Animal Control Officers.  In 2008 Sheriff

Rahr appointed Deputy Spadoni to the Inter-branch workgroup for

Animal Services where she worked with a group to author options for a

new Strategic and Operational Plan for the King County Council to

improve Animal Services in King County.  In June of 2008, Nancy Spadoni

was promoted to the rank of Sergeant where she was assigned as a Patrol

Supervisor at East Precinct-South. She supervises up to fifteen Deputies

on a daily basis and continues to teach and respond to Animal Cruelty

investigations.

Dr. Yoffe-Sharpe:

Dr. Yoffe-Sharp serves as City Veterinarian for the City of Palo Alto. Prior to

that she served the Peninsula Humane Society (PHS) as Medical Chief of

Staff.  Bonnie co-authored, with Dr. Lynn Loar, an article in the March 15,

2009 Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association on the

veterinarian’s responsibility to recognize and report animal abuse. She has

written a chapter in the book Recognizing and Reporting Animal Abuse: A

Veterinarian’s Guide as well as in the text Shelter Medicine for Veterinarians

and Staff. She’s presented at national conferences sponsored by the

Humane Society of the United States, the American Humane Association,

the Wild West Veterinary Conference, ACVIM, and the American Animal

Hospital Association, and delivered guest lectures at the UC Davis School

of Veterinary Medicine. She is currently president of the board of Directors

of the Center for Animal Protection and Education (CAPE), serves on the

board of PHS, and is past president of the board of the Association of

Shelter Veterinarians (ASV).

Flier:  "AnimalCruelty:HowDoYouKnow?" (pdf)

(A special thanks to Caren McMillan for her graphic artistry)

SKCVMA ACE Committee would like to thank our sponsors

for helping to make this event a reality:

SKCVMA

Pfizer Animal Health

VetMed Diagnostic Imaging

ACCES

MWI

Animal Cruelty Education Committee Mission: 

To advance the veterinary profession and improve society

through the awareness and education of animal cruelty.

Animal Cruelty Education (ACE) Committee:

Chair Dr. Jean Maixner

Dr. Susan Mailheau

Dr. Kellee Roberti

Dr. Lori Siverling

Dr. Wailani Sung