Public Animal Welfare Services

Floyd County PAWS strives:

To provide services which aid in containing free-roaming animals to prevent human injuries and the spread of diseases. To provide services which help prevent animals from becoming nuisances to the community or a burden to its citizens. To provide a physical facility which will house lost unwanted and neglected animals in a humane manner. To provide health care services

to those animals housed to prevent suffering. To provide unwanted, sick or injured animals with humane euthanasia, according them dignity and respect during that act. To strive to improve performance through education and dedication to our mission. To create public information and education programs, which will assist the members of this community to become more responsible pet owners.
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Creating a Safe Space
Content is removed from P.A.W.S. channels and users are banned when an exchange or piece of content falls into one of the following categories:

Copyright or Trademark Laws. We report pages and accounts that impersonate the P.A.W.S. to the appropriate social media partners and remove content and comments that violate copyright and trademark laws. Harassment, Bullying, Violence & Threats. We have no tolerance for this and remove comments and content immediately that purposefully targets individuals. Content includes, but is not limited to:
- Images altered to degrade individuals or animals
- Personal information shared, e.g. addresses, phone numbers
- Content that contains specific threats
- Content that promotes or threatens terrorist activity or organized criminal activity

Violent & Graphic Content. We will remove pornographic or excessively violent content or comments shared on P.A.W.S. platforms. This includes content that promotes:
- Gratuitous violence towards people or animals
- Self-injury (including self-harm), suicide
- Sexual violence or exploitation of anyone, including minors

Hate Speech. Organizations and people dedicated to promoting hatred against any groups, including minority or protected groups, are not allowed a presence on our platforms. Any sort of hateful comments towards any individuals or groups based on the following topics will be banned:
- Race
- Ethnicity
- National origin
- Religious affiliation
- Sexual orientation
- Sex, gender, or gender identity
- Serious disabilities or diseases
- Age

Nudity. We will remove comments posted on our accounts that violate the platform standards. When sharing content that may contain nudity on P.A.W.S. social accounts we adhere to the individual platform community standards. By staying spam-free, our platforms have a better chance of fostering meaningful interactions. Our audiences are driven away if they encounter content from other users that is repetitive or too commercial in nature. For that reason, we hide or delete comments that are abusing platforms to post content such as:
- Malware/Phishing:
- Duplicate content over multiple accounts or multiple duplicate updates on one account
- Duplicate replies, comments, or mentions
- Unsolicited replies, comments, or mentions
- Misleading links (e.g. affiliate links, links to malware/clickjacking pages, etc.)