GREEN COVE SPRINGS – Clay County Animal Services will receive a $50,000 grant investment from national nonprofit Petco Love in support of their lifesaving work for pets in Clay County. This …
Apr 29, 2021 4:06 PM
Daytona Beach – Animal cruelty investigations in Volusia County have been greatly enhanced as a result of an innovative partnership between Volusia County Animal Services (VCAS)and the University of Florida’s Veterinary Forensic Sciences Laboratory. The partnership has been recognized statewide, receiving the Florida Animal Control Association’s (FACA) 2021 Outstanding Cooperative Team Achievement Award recently. Volusia County Animal Services Director Adam Leath said that more important than the recognition is the fact that the partnership is helping to ensure that cases in Volusia County involving animal cruelty, welfare or suspected abuse are handled with the highest level of care and professionalism. Leath is a courtesy assistant professor for the University of Florida’s College of Veterinary Medicine and on the board of directors for the National Animal Care & Control Association. “The working relationship that we’ve been