Considering itself, "Your Other Family Doctor" and founded in 1988, Bay Creek Animal Clinic is owned by Dr. Valerie Mogas and Dr. Elizabeth Hoffman.  Bay Creek Animal Clinic is fully accredited and licensed by AAHA (American Animal Hospital Association).  Their location in the historic district has been a veterinary facility since 1963 when it was owned by Dr Tony Barcelona. 
 
Dr. Hoffman, known to her friends and family as Betsy, has one daughter, Jetta; 1 dog, Gilly; and 4 cats: Tabasco, Cheeto, Lamont and Wolfie.  She became a veterinarian because she was able to combine her love of animals with her interest in medicine.  She is active in the Rotary Club of League City and her church.

Dr. Mogas is a native Houstonian.  Animals are a way of life for Dr. M.  She has 5 cats and 2 dogs. They are ???.  She has alway wanted to be a veterinarian and worked through high school at a clinic in Houston, where she started as a kennel attendant.  She is very active with the Girl Scouts of South Texas Council and the Rotary Club of League City, of which she will be president for the year 2005-2006.
 
Drs. Hoffman and Mogas are both graduates of Texas A&M University, having received their veterinary degrees in 1985.  After obtaining their Doctorates of Veterinary Medicine, Dr M. practiced in Friendswood until 1993, when she bought in to Bay Creek Animal Clinic.  Dr H. practiced in Dallas until she bought Barcelona Animal Hospital in 1988.