Sara Dailey – Superintendent

Sara has been involved in the care of animals for the last twenty two years. She has worked for both Commanche County Humane Society and the City of Lawton Animal Welfare Department in Oklahoma.

She started her career as a kennel worker and became the Director of the Humane Society. She then began working for the City of Lawton as a Kennel worker and later became an Animal Control Officer. She and her family moved back to League City in 1996 and she began to work for the City as an Animal Control Officer.

In April 2002, she was promoted to Department head and serves the community as Superintendent of the Animal Control Department. Sara has obtained her Basic, Advanced and Administrative certifications from the Texas Animal Control Association. She also obtained Levels I & II, Chemical Immobilization and Capture and Cruelty Investigations training through National Animal Control Association.

Sara believes that Animal Control is about informing and educating first, and then applying fair enforcement. She truly loves working with animals, enjoys meeting their owners, and feels League City is an exceptional place to live and work.

 

Andrea Schuett – Animal Control Officer

Before joining our department in July of 2003, Officer Schuett worked with area shelters and various animal rescue groups. Officer Schuett has achieved Basic, Advanced and Administrative Certification through the Texas Animal Control Association and is a member of the National Animal Control Association.  She is the lead educational officer at the animal shelter. This allows her to travel around the city to schools, fairs and D.A.R.E. programs educating citizens on animal safety, animal care and city ordinances.  Officer Schuett has had an active roll contributing to the open house program for the five years that she has been working with the city.  She has recently been appointed as the supervisor for animal control.  Officer Schuett also received an award in 2004 from TACA for her service beyond the call of duty after she rescued baby ducklings from a concrete retention pond.

Jedidiah Cox – Animal Control Officer

Officer Cox worked in an area kennel before joining our department as kennel manager in December of 2002, then advancing to ACO in July of 2003.

Officer Cox is Basic and Advanced certified with the Texas Animal Control Association and is a member of the National Animal Control Association. He is currently an educational officer for our shelter and can be seen at events held throughout our area. 

He enjoys the opportunity to educate the public in proper animal care as well as the ability to improve the animals’ living conditions and hold animal owners responsible.

He has recently completed training in cruelty investigation techniques and is now one of two cruelty investigations officers for the City of League City. Officer Cox is currently a full time student pursuing a Business Technology Degree.

Jacquelyn Crosser – Animal Control Officer

acquelyn (Jax) started with Animal Control in August of  2004 as the Kennel Manager.

She is married with two daughters. She became a certified Animal Control Officer in May of 2005, and left the kennel to patrol the city in December of 2006. She has since obtained her Advanced Certification. Before joining the animal shelter, Officer Crosser worked as a certified pharmacy technician for a total of ten years, both in her native Pennsylvania, and in Texas.

Officer Crosser often takes home infant kittens or puppies to foster because they come in without their mothers and must be fed every 2-3 hours.

Sammy Garza – Animal Control Officer

Sammy came to Animal Control in November of 2006 after working for three years in the Street Department.

Since joining Animal Control, Sammy has earned his Basic and Advanced Certifications has completed his Cruelty Investigations training to become one of two Cruelty officers on our staff.

He has been employed in the chemical processing industry and as a maritime mechanic. Sammy has been married twenty years and has two grown children and two grandchildren.

When asked why he works in Animal Control he said, “I love animals and think they should all be treated humanely. I enjoy rescuing them from bad situations and it is rewarding to see them returned to their worried owners or placed in good adoptive homes.”

Lana Vaughn – Animal Control Officer

Lana has been with Animal Control for one year. She came from Gulf Greyhound Park where she worked as a trainer for fourteen years.

Lana is married with 2 sons and 2 grandchildren.  At present, her children living at home are two Boston Terriers named Beau and Toby. She has lived in Galveston County all of her life and has always owned animals.

Although Lana has her Basic Animal Control certification, she much prefers working with the animals that are living at the shelter. Her days are spent caring for them and assisting the public with choosing a new family member. Her favorite part of the job is seeing the lost animals go home and happy families leave with their new adopted pet.

Claire Hernandez - Administrative Assistant

Claire came to our shelter originally as a volunteer in 2004.

With the rapid growth of our city, a clerical job position became available at Animal Control and Claire began working for us in December of 2004. Her varied previous experience includes five years as a chemical plant operator and seven years as a clerical aide working with Jr. High age students in the Deer Park ISD.

She has two grown sons and two grandsons. She received her Animal Control Officer certification in July of 2007.

Claire says she enjoys her work but regrets that some owners allow dogs and cats to roam free and breed indiscriminately causing the animals to suffer. She is pictured with Boogie, one of the three cats who greet the public when they visit shelter

Alex Torres – Animal Control Officer

Alex is a native of Brooklyn, New York. He left the state after enlisting in the U. S. Army where he served for four and one half years.

Following his discharge, he spent three years as a Florida Correctional Officer.

He is married and has four beautiful children. To be closer to extended family, he relocated to League City and began his career with Animal Control in December of 2007.

He has always had a love for animals and doesn’t consider his position a job, but a service to our four-legged friends. A good day for him is seeing animals go to a loving home. He is pictured here with Reba, a beautiful pit bull who spent many months at the shelter.