Ensure life safety and enhance the quality of life of County citizens and visitors by enforcing the state and local animal control and protection laws and ordinances.

Objectives/Capabilities

 

• Respond to requests to control wild and domestic animals posing a threat to the health and welfare of County citizens and visitors

 

• Promote the humane treatment of animals and the prevention of cruelty and harassment

 

• Check and verify current animal licenses and rabies certificates

 

• Issue summons or warrants when applicable for violations of state animal control laws and local animal control ordinances and regulations

 

• Collect unlicensed, stray, ill, injured or dangerous animals and transport them to a humane shelter or veterinarian as appropriate

 

• Develop effective working partnerships with other Fire and Life Safety divisions, other emergency services organizations and agencies, animal shelters, the humane society and the public

• Educate the public on health and welfare, life safety, the obligations of animal ownership and other issues involving animal control

Animal Control Bureau

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