Prevention of cruelty to animals. Educate children and adults on responsible pet ownership. We distribute free pet food, dog houses, train new recruits in the police department, establish and man pet friendly shelters, maintain dog bite registry. We have free rabies clinics all at no cost to the taxpayers of the county. We also place animals from domestic violence situations in a safe environment. We run annual Amnesty program with the DEC for illegally possessed animals. We assist all County agencies relating to animal cruelty