Nassau County Animal Services said it will replace its volunteer program with a new ambassador program. This comes after former volunteers spoke out about shelter conditions.

And if you don’t have a fur-baby (or wouldn’t mind adding to your pack), next week is the perfect time to adopt and start enjoying the hope, companionship and unconditional love pets can bring.

NASSAU COUNTY, Fla. - A rabid otter in Nassau County has prompted a rabies alert from the health department. The only treatment for human exposure to rabies is rabies specific immune globulin and rabies immunization. From January to June, there have been two animals reported in Duval County with rabies and this marks the second animal in Nassau County. Nassau Humane Society is the animal control agency for the City of Fernandina Beach, and Nassau County Animal Services is the agency for all other parts of the county. For further information on rabies, go to http://www.floridahealth.gov/diseases-and-conditions/rabies/index.html or contact Nassau County Health Department at 904-875-6100.