Animal Services

Your Animal Care and Control Officer

There is a person in your community who works to protect stray, injured, abused and unwanted animals. This person also helps the public deal with problems caused by animals. I am your local animal care and control professional. I’m the one who responds to calls about neglected or lost animals, and I’m often the first person to provide comfort and compassion to animals in need.

Long gone is the term "Dogcatcher". Animal care and control professionals now perform a variety of services that help animals as well as people; rescuing injured animals, controlling stray and potentially dangerous animals roaming at large, bringing lost pets to the shelter where owners can reclaim them.

Provide For Your Pet's Safety

Keep a collar, ID tags, and a current County license on your pet at all times and ensure that your pet is supervised or safely confined when you are not at home.

Spay or neuter your pet and keep him or her current on all necessary vaccinations, especially the rabies vaccination.

How Long Will You Be Gone?

Even 10 minutes could be TOO LONG for a pet left in a car on a HOT day. By then the temperature inside the car could reach 160 degrees. That is hot enough to cause a dog to suffer heat stroke. Within moments, your dog could sustain permanent brain damage if emergency care is not given. YOUR PET COULD DIE. The short stop that you planned to make at the store could stretch to twenty minutes or more before you know it. Leaving the window cracked or parking in the shade will not cool the car enough to protect your pet. When the weather turns warm leave your pet at home.

Education Information

Davis County Animal Care and Control employs a full time education officer whose services are in constant demand. Informative programs are offered from preschool to High school, covering topics from all about animal care and control, basic pet care and preparation tips for you and your pet in a disaster situation. Real animals are often taken along on these presentations to give students firsthand knowledge of the special needs of domestic pets.

An education officer is also available for presentations after our normal operating hours.

If you are interested in having a presentation, please contact Tracy Gross at 444-2200 Ext 2219 for further information.