City of Lubbock

3323 Southeast Loop 289, Lubbock, TX, Phone (806) 775-2057 911 (emergency) (fax)(806) 775-2717 lubbockanimalservices@mylubbock.us Hours of Operation Adoption Center Hours are Monday-Saturday: 10:00 AM to 7:00 PM Closed Sundays and Holidays / Field Operations responds to calls 7 days a week

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About our Shelter

Lubbock Animal Services is a public health and safety department that serves the needs of the citizens of Lubbock. The department has two sides, Field Operations and the Adoption Center. Our Field Operations duties are to investigate bites, handle aggressive animals, cruelty cases, and stopping the spread of rabies. The Adoption Center focuses on returning pets to their owners while finding new homes for our pets through adoptions and fosters. Our staff works 7 days a week, to serve the citizens of Lubbock.

Roscoe, Anderson Countypolice dogkilled in line of duty,

A man was killed and a teenagegirlwas injured in the shooting that also led t othedeath of Roscoe, a police dog from SouthCarolina. N ikieMayo Anderson IndependentMail published thisstory please visit site for the rest

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When he was off duty, Roscoe enjoyed being lazy, eating cheese and sleeping inside o n his oversize dog bed.

Bu t Roscoe, a 3-year-old German shepherd, had a job. And for it, he gave his life.

He was nationally certified for his abilities to track and apprehend people and to find narcotics. He was so good those things that, earlier this week, he was r ecognized as the Anderson County Sheriff's Office's canine officer of the month. Rosc oe, a police dog with the Anderson County Sheriff's Office in South Caroli na, was wounded in the line of duty Tuesday night and died Wednesday.

Less than three days after receiving that recognition, Roscoe was mortally wounded in a shooting that involved deputies, a man and a teenage girl.

Anderson County Sheriff Chad McBride said Tuesday night that two people were shot after deputies were “ambushed” from a hill near the Lowe’s on Clemson Boulevard in Anderson.They had been "driving erratically" on Clemson Boulevard, then smashed into a taxi before jumping out of their car and running up the hill, McBride said.

Roscoe's job was to find them, and he did.

The dog was wounded by friendly fire during a shooting that involved the people on the hill and Anderson County Sheriff's Office deputies. It is with heavy hearts that we announce one of our beloved K9s has passed away," the agency wrote. "K9 Roscoe was shot last n ight while tracking fleeing suspects. ... End Of Watch 8-12-2 020."

Pray for the brave Men & Women and Their K9 Partners may God bless you and s hield you as you protect us.