: an office or department responsible for enforcing ordinances relating to the control, impoundment, and disposition of animals
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Recent Examples on the WebThe homeowner was also cited for possession of fighting blades used in a cockfighting event by Riverside County animal control officials. Melissa Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2022 Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, animal control officials said this week. David K. Li, NBC News, 22 June 2022 State animal control officials said workers told them 10 dogs had been shot and killed and that explosives were stored on the site off Hunters Mountain Road. Jesse Leavenworth, Hartford Courant, 4 May 2022 The kangaroo was most recently sighted on Rose Boulevard, west of Tuscaloosa, according to Bigham Farm & Exotics, a zoo in Coker that is assisting animal control. Howard Koplowitz | Hkoplowitz@al.com, al, 2 Aug. 2022 The lifeguard was told to call animal control should the critters return.cleveland, 19 June 2022 Boogie and Woogie ambled over to a driveway where the homeowner corralled the docile creatures with some rope and called animal control, Riday said. Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2022 This young skunk got tangled up in netting in Norfolk, and the town's animal control officer came to the rescue. Emily Sweeney, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Aug. 2022 All of that changed on Aug. 1, 2022, when animal control officer Jared Harper found Sheba in Borger, Texas, over 600 miles from where the Malmstroms live. Giovana Gelhoren, Peoplemag, 9 Aug. 2022 See More