Cofounded National Animal Control Association Mike Burgwin, 87, founding president of the National Animal Control Association, died on March 23, 2016 at his home in Hoodsport, Washington, “after complications from surgery several weeks earlier,” former NACA president Eric Blow told ANIMALS 24-7. Elaborated Burgwin’s granddaughters Kahlen and Chelsea on a GoFundMe memorial page, “On February […]
Hoarder sentenced to life in prison for killing animal control officer
SACRAMENTO, California––Convicted by jury on October 30, 2014, Joseph Francis Corey was on December 12, 2014 sentenced to life in prison for killing Sacramento County Animal Care & Regulation Department officer Roy Curtis Marcum, in a case that brought international attention to the increasing risks faced by animal control officers in an era of increased […]