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$5,000 Reward for Info About Obviously Discarded Dead Dogs Along Pool Rock Road

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The Ruin Creek Animal Protection Society is offering a $5,000 reward for information about the bodies of two dogs found Wednesday along a Vance County roadside.

Vance County Animal Services responded to a call at the 600 block of Pool Rock Road, where the officer found two animal crates – each containing the body of a dog. The wire crate was covered with a tarp and the second crate is beige plastic.

RCAPS President Brandon Boyd stated that the $5,000 reward is offered “to anyone with information that will lead to the arrest and conviction of the individual(s) responsible for this horrible act.”

The dog found in the wire crate, a male, was described as white with black markings. The dog found in the plastic crate, also a male, was described as a brown brindle.

Please contact the Vance County Animal Service office by phone at 252-492-3136 or contact Ruin Creek Animal Protection Society of Henderson NC via Facebook, Instagram or Email at info@rcaps.org with any information.

In the statement, Boyd said “Ruin Creek Animal Protection of Henderson NC fights every day for the rights and welfare of animals and with the support of the Vance County Animal Services Chief Frankie Nobles and the entire VCAS staff along with our faithful and gracious donors, we will continue to fight this and other cases and situations as we remain as committed as ever to make a lasting impact. We are the voice for these animals and we are determined to do everything possible to ensure that anyone who commits, contributes to or tolerates acts of cruelty or inhumane treatment of animals be brought to justice.”

RCAPS is Dream Come True, in More Ways Than One

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The Friday night “Freedom Runs” that leave the Vance County Animal Shelter ferry animals from the confines of a kennel to foster or adoptive homes. For Brandon Boyd, president of the Ruin Creek Animal Protection Society that sponsors the event, it’s a dream come true.

Boyd spoke with John C. Rose on Thursday during a new program called “The Local Skinny.” He started the RCAPS in 2011 and, a decade later, the rescue effort continues. “We’ve had a great start to the year,” he said, “rescue has just been fantastic.”

He is especially pleased to be working with the folks at the shelter in Granville County, and said his plan is to continue growing partnerships with other counties. “We’ve just got a lot of things going on for this new year that is very exciting,” Boyd said. The Granville shelter recently reported a record-low euthanasia rate of 6 percent, which Boyd called “fantastic news.” Incorporating the RCAPS model in Granville could push that percent rate even lower.

In the last month, the group has purchased two new vans to add to the “Freedom Run” fleet. They’re outfitted with kennels to transport the animals. “All of this is about saving lives and getting animals out” of the shelters and to adoption and rescue partners so the animals can find loving homes, Boyd said.

Of course, RCAPS relies on donations and volunteers to make the mission a reality. “There have been so many great things that have been done and so many great things that we are going to continue to do, thanks to the help and support of our wonderful donors,” Boyd said. “We’re only as strong as our network and the people that support this cause,” he said. There’s still a lot of great work to be done. And we plan to do it.”

Among the newer partnerships is Rescue Ranch, which operates in Statesville, NC. Consider volunteering to walk a dog at the animal shelter, he said, or check out RCAPS on FaceBook for a livestream of the Friday evening Freedom Runs.

“We’re doing everything we can to get these dogs out of here and placed in their forever home,” he said. “The work is amazing, the results are just astonishing,” Boyd said. “In my wildest dreams, I never would have believed that (RCAPS) could become what it has become and it makes me so happy and so proud to know that we’re making a difference and we’re saving lives.”

Visit rcaps.org to learn more.

ATTENTION! RABID RACCOON FOUND NEAR REGIONAL WATER LANE

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— from Vance County Animal Services

Courtesy of Vance County Animal Services and Chief Frankie Nobles

Covid Case Closes Vance County Animal Shelter To Public For A While

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The Vance County Animal Shelter is closed until further notice, according to a printed notice on the front door of the facility.

This is a covid-related situation.

Chief Animal Control Officer Frankie Nobles told WIZS, “We had a positive case, and we are taking all precautions to keep the public safe.”

Vance County Manager Jordan McMillen said, “As far as operations within our animal services department, we are still able to make emergency response calls with the staff that we have available – albeit a limited staff at the moment. Although the shelter is shut to the public this week internally we will be able to continue with feeding, cleaning and working with the animals, but due to staff shortages and to keep the public safe we have closed the shelter this week.”

The Ruin Creek Animal Protection Society of Henderson, which normally loads up and transports shelter animals each Friday night, has indicated to WIZS that the normal two masked folks from the society are not being allowed inside the shelter this week.  To complete the adoption run anyway, and attempt to keep the adoption lines open to the northeast to places like New York and Pennsylvania, Ruin Creek Animal Protection is attempting to work with others, including Granville County.