Definition of animal control
: an office or department responsible for enforcing ordinances relating to the control, impoundment, and disposition of animals
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But sometime Saturday night or Sunday morning, police think Sean Simmons and Cierra Pensis broke into the animal control officer's office, liberated their dog and then left the state with the pet and their two children.
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Houston animal control officers took the cats at the end of the chase, while Smith was hauled away to Harris County Jail.
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Otherwise, call the animal control agency for your city.
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Three days later, the sheriff said, animal control officers went to the home of Alexandria Holland, the owner of the business.
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The animal control officer took the cat to a shelter.
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When public safety and animal control officers arrived soon after, the coyote made an aggressive move toward a woman about a quarter-mile away, Lopez said.
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Jace Huggins, chief animal control officer for the city, said the three winter triage dogs involved in biting incidents remained under quarantine last week at Front Street.
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The animal control officer was not injured, Fillenwarth said.
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First Known Use of animal control
1951
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