For the second consecutive year, Gloucester’s Animal Control Department received a No-Kill Shelter Award by Best Friends Animal Society. The award recognizes the fact that the department maintained no-kill status during calendar year 2023 by exceeding a 90 percent save rate for cats and dogs. Gloucester’s team of officers and volunteers found adoptive homes for 99 dogs in 2023. That is without counting any of the 166 pets who were returned to their rightful owners after getting lost. Best Friends Animal Society is a leading national animal welfare organization working to end the killing of dogs and cats in America’s shelters. The organization promotes pet adoption, no-kill animal rescue, and spay-and-neuter practices. Shown, from left, are Steve Baranek, Chief Animal Control Officer; Jacque Wilson, Senior Animal Control Officer; Joyce Emerson, Friends of Gloucester County Animal Control lead volunteer; Brooke Hudgins, Deputy Animal Control Officer, and Cearra Barker, Deputy Animal Cont...