Animal Control Officers (ACO) are often seen in negative ways due to the nature of the job. It is not their fault that thier jobs exist. If all pet owners out there would take full responsibility for those extra lives that they take into their families and realize that these animals are true family members, maybe the need for ACO's would disappear.
OUR MISSION:
FLOYD COUNTY GOVERNMENT IS COMMITTED TO CREATING A CLIMATE THAT PROMOTES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, COMMUNITY CONSCIOUSNESS, AND A SAFE ENVIRONMENT. WE ARE DEDICATED TO SERVICE EXCELLENCE THAT ENHANCES THE QUALITY OF LIFE.
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February 5, 2008 - (this meeting date was originally scheduled for Feb. 12, but due to an ACCG conflict, was moved up one week)
noon: Caucus
2 p.m.: Meeting
February 26, 2008 -
4 p.m.: Caucus
6 p.m.: Meeting
*Please note, the Commission meetings are now being held in the new Community Room - located on the 2nd Floor of the Administration Building - 12 East 4th Avenue.
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I Am Your Animal Control Officer
I am your Animal Control Officer. I am not the dreaded "dog catcher" or the "murderer" you call me.
I'm not the one who allows your pets to breed, then dumps the unwanted puppies and kittens on roadsides and in shelters. I'm the one who must find the tiny animals before they die of starvation, exposure or disease and, as an act of mercy, exterminate them. It hurts me to be forced to kill hundreds of thousands of animals each year, but because of your irresponsibility, I have no choice.
I'm not the one who abandons unwanted animals on the farm roads, telling myself some friendly farmer will surely take them in and give them a good home. But I am the one who picks up the frightened animal who waits in vain for its beloved master, wondering why it has been abandoned. I am the one who must help that friendly farmer trap, tranquilize or kill that animal because it has begun to roam in packs with other abandoned hungry animals, killing livestock, fowl and game.
I am not the one who breeds and fights dogs in the name
of "sport." But I'm the one who fights the breeders
and participants, and must pick up the dead and
dying animals that have been left behind.
So, remember the next time a stray dog bites your
child, your trash is dumped and scattered, your pet is
lost, stolen, poisoned or hit by a car, and it is the
Animal Control Officer you call not the "dog catcher."
The next time your pet is picked up, or you are cited for neglecting or abusing it, remember that I am only trying to
get you to fulfill your responsibility to your pet, your neighbor and yourself.
Do not scorn me. Respect me, for I am the product of your irresponsibility. I love animals, and I care.
PRINTED BY THE NATIONAL ANIMAL CONTROL ASSOCIATION
I am not the one who breeds and fights dogs in the name
of "sport." But I'm the one who fights the breeders
and participants, and must pick up the dead and
dying animals that have been left behind.