Lynnwood Police Department 19321 44th Avenue West  -  PO Box 5008  -  Lynnwood, WA 98046-5008 Animal Control Education (ACE)
	Posted: Feb. 04, 2010 Contact: Shannon Sessions Public Information Officer 425-670-5635 **Find breaking news and updates on the new Media Line at 425-670-5666**

Lynnwood Police Animal Control Officer Bernie Federmeyer asks questions of Ms. Haley O’Loughlin’s second graders during a December class at St. Thomas More School in Lynnwood while students (from left) Dylan Vu, BreeAnna Turney and Yonas Mekonnen mark their answers.. What does it take to keep your pet happy and healthy? What can you expect as a responsible pet owner? These are just a couple topics covered by Lynnwood Police Animal Control Officers during their Animal Control Education (ACE) courses in Lynnwood schools. The program, taught to second graders, includes games, activities, a video and a pet adoption assignment with a pretend furry friend that they have to care for over the course of the three week class. The students named their adopted “pets” and were allowed to keep them at the end of the program. “This teaches them responsibility with pets,” said Lynnwood Police Animal Control Officer, Bernie Federmeyer. He added, “It also shows the kids we aren’t ‘dog catchers’ but animal control officers and we’re here to help them and animals.” The ACE program will be offered in additional elementary schools in Lynnwood this spring..