Latham and The Link A Legacy of Cruelty Prevention and Personal Responsibility

Internationally acclaimed lecturer, author, and educator Phil Arkow is a consultant and contributing editor to the Latham Foundation and chairs the Foundation's Animal Abuse and Family Violence Prevention Project. He is coordinator of the National Link Coalition and a consultant for the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and the Animals & Society Institute. He previously directed Link programs at the American Humane Association, the nation's oldest federation of child and animal protection organizations. He was one of the founders of the National Link Coalition, the National Animal Control Association, the Animal Welfare Federation of New Jersey, and the Colorado Federation of Animal Welfare Agencies. He trains internationally on a variety of topics for animal shelters, child protection agencies, domestic violence programs, adult protective services, law enforcement, judges, and veterinarians. He is an adjunct faculty member at Harcum College in Pennsylvania and Camden County College in New Jersey where he teaches Certificate courses in Animal-Assisted Therapy. A former newspaper reporter and foundation communications officer, Arkow is a prolific writer. He has authored and edited innumerable articles, chapters and 14 key reference books on the human-animal bond, violence prevention, humane education, animal-assisted therapy, and animal shelter management. He has also served with the American Veterinary Medical Association, the Delta Society, and the American Association of Human-Animal Bond Veterinarians.