animal control
noun
: an office or department responsible for enforcing ordinances relating to the control, impoundment, and disposition of animals
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Between November and April, animal control received seven reports that included felines who were suffering from broken backs and bloody faces.
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Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 May 2025
While the shelters offer much of the same services, Maurice said the main difference is in animal control, with different shelters responding to different geographic areas.
—Gary Warth, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Mar. 2025
When the animal control officer found them, the brood was closer to West 95th Street and Interstate 35, near Westgate Street and Lenexa Drive.
—Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 9 May 2025
But the town and its animal control officer say the dog is a danger.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 8 May 2025
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Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 May 2025
While the shelters offer much of the same services, Maurice said the main difference is in animal control, with different shelters responding to different geographic areas.
—Gary Warth, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Mar. 2025
When the animal control officer found them, the brood was closer to West 95th Street and Interstate 35, near Westgate Street and Lenexa Drive.
—Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 9 May 2025
But the town and its animal control officer say the dog is a danger.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 8 May 2025
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“Animal control.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/animal%20control. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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