Jeffrey C. Eyre has been named SPCA Serving Erie County Director of Animal Cruelty Investigations, Rescue, and Community Response. Eyre comes to the SPCA after working more than three years at the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA), where he most recently served as the Northeast Regional Director, Field Investigations and Response.
A native of Western New York, Eyre has more than 30 years experience in law enforcement, firefighting, human and animal rescue, animal welfare, and cruelty investigation at local, state, and federal levels.
He has worked in various aspects of law enforcement including assignments as a uniformed police officer, criminal investigator, canine handler, mounted patrol officer, and evidence technician.
As an animal cruelty investigator, he has investigated several thousand cases that included companion animals, farm animals, and exotic animals.