Hernando County Sheriff’s Office taking over animal services, county shelter [Video]

BROOKSVILLE, Fla. — Starting in the new year, the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office will take over the responsibilities of Hernando Animal Services, its county shelter.

The Board of County Commissioners voted to have the Sheriff’s Office take over on Dec. 3, after more than a year of hearing critiques of Animal Services’ conduct and seeing an analysis of its performance. 

In the New Year, animals will still be sheltered at the same location on Oliver Street in Brooksville, but all operations will run under the sheriff’s office. 

“It’s going to run very efficiently, it’s going to run at a very low cost, as low as we can make it, but still accomplish the mission of taking care of the animal that can’t take care …