http://www.wxii12.com/news/20528882/detail.html Complaints Received About Animal Control Imposters BY MEGHANN EVANS, MOUNT AIRY NEWS POSTED: 8:58 am EDT August 24, 2009 DOBSON -- After receiving calls of concern in recent weeks, the Surry County Health and Nutrition Center is asking residents to request positive identification from those claiming to be Animal Control officers. The Surry County Board of Commissioners gave the go-ahead at its meeting last Monday for the Surry County Health Department to release information to the public regarding the incidents. The commissioners were informed of this issue by a letter drafted by Thomas Williams, media relations specialist for the health department. The Surry County Animal Control and public officials have recently received a few reports that people are pretending to be ?animal welfare? officers. These imposters are coming to pet owners? homes and telling them to take better care of their pets. The health department said these people are not employees of Surry County Animal Control and that they do not know why this problem has occurred in recent weeks.... NAIA News National Animal Interest Alliance ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2008. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================