New animal law? Rumors are false

Several Pickens County residents were under the impression that a vote on a new animal control law would take place at their county council meeting last night.  But Chief Deputy Creed Hasche of the Pickens Sheriff’s Office says, “If you have been told or heard this information please be aware that those rumors are false.”  Why?  Because, according to Hasche, “no such ‘new’ ordinance exists that we are aware of.”  The Pickens Sheriff’s Office outlines it position this way:  “…the Sheriff’s Office wants you to know that we share in your vision to ensure that our animal population is treated in a humane fashion void of abuse and neglect without the unnecessary infringement on individual rights.”