Conference Agenda

2025 Conference Agenda

Day 1
Track 1: Social Work/Domestic Violence
Track 2: Legal/Law Enforcement
8:00 Conference Welcome: Tammy Fiebelkorn
8:15 Animal Cruelty, One Health, and One Welfare: Dr. Jennifer Woolf, DVM
9:45 Break
10:00 Looking back, moving forward: how a case changed my practice in a child abuse clinic
Dr. Sue Skinner, MD
Animal Cruelty & Human Neglect
Case Studies
Detective Kevin Carhart
11:00 The Road Less Traveled: Family Violence in Rural Communities
Andrew Campbell
People and Pets in Crisis: The Intersection of Animal Cruelty, Domestic Violence, and Homelessness
Claire Coughlin
12:00 Lunch
1:00 From pets to patients: How veterinarians and physicians can work together to better identify abuse
Dr. Sue Skinner, MD and Dr. Catherine Skinner, DVM
2:15 Breaking the Silence: The Link Between Animal Abuse and Domestic Violence in Native Communities: Dr. Melissa Riley
3:15 Break
3:30 Coordinated Community Response (CCR): Building a Stronger Network
Mica Reagan, Melissa Sinclair Silver, MaryEllen Garcia
5:00 Adjourn

 

Day 2
8:00 Here, There, and Everywhere: How Harm in the Home Impacts the Entire Community
Andrew Campbell
The Link and the Law: How Animal Abuse is Addressed in New Mexico Courts
Hon. Rosemary Cosgrove-Aguilar
9:00 Women’s Best Friend’: Assessing the Impact of Animal-Inclusive Protection Orders
Phil Arkow
10:30 Break
10:45 What Do the Numbers Say? NIBRS Animal Cruelty Data Trends
Claire Coughlin
An Introduction to Veterinary Forensics:
Dr. Jennifer Woolf, DVM