THE FEDERATION
of Animal Care and Control Agencies

Since its inception in 1908 as the Washington Humane Society, the Federation has had a positive impact on hundreds of thousands of people and animals.  During the early 1900’s, animals and animal issues received little attention and/or funding.  The Federation was formed to provide animal agencies professional support, the opportunity to train and network together, and bring professional growth to the animal protection business.  The face of animal protection changed drastically during the 20^th century. 

Today’s Federation has an active Board of Directors comprised of Executive Directors, Managers and Supervisors of humane societies, animal control agencies and other non-profit animal welfare agencies.  Board members are available to assist with shelter design, program information and development, training and animal care and control resources on both a local and national level. 

The Federation’s goals are to:   

• Assume a statewide leadership role with a collaborative approach in advocating animal welfare.     
• Act as a center clearinghouse for sharing information with animal welfare agencies.     
• Provide useful information to the public regarding animal care and other issues important to the membership. 

 To this end, the Federation: 

• Provides annual training in the form of regional workshops, a Joint Training Conference in collaboration with the Washington Animal Control Association.  Recent workshops have addressed issues of horse abuse investigation, customer service and communication skills; officer safety, adoption screening techniques and animal disaster relief.      
• Conducts an annual statewide survey of member and non-member agencies.  Survey results provide information that can help track trends in animal welfare that allow us to determine where we need to concentrate our resources.     
• Administers a disaster relief fund to assist local member agencies in helping people and animals that have been subjected to the overwhelming effects of natural disasters.  The Federation serves as a clearinghouse for volunteers, rescue efforts, disaster relief funds and disaster relief plan administration.

The Washington Federation of Animal Care and Control Agencies

13619 Mukilteo Speedway, #D5-416

Lynnwood, WA  98087

info@wafederation.com