animal control
noun
: an office or department responsible for enforcing ordinances relating to the control, impoundment, and disposition of animals
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Remaining dogs still need to be captured According to authorities, animal control officers and other personnel have tried multiple times to capture the dogs, including setting live traps for them.
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Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 24 Feb. 2025
Lee Sohl, animal control officer with Kent Animal Control, told NBC News on Friday that the department is assisting in reporting sightings of the bull back to Joray.
—Terry Dickerson, NBC News, 21 Feb. 2025
Sweetness was able to make his way to the Veterinary Emergency Group thanks to the responding animal control officer who was called to the scene.
—Tj MacIas, Miami Herald, 12 Feb. 2025
Early morning Friday, shelter staff and animal control officers transported pet crates loaded with dogs and cats to Gillespie Field, where they were then carried across the tarmac and placed on the plane.
—Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Jan. 2025
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Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 24 Feb. 2025
Lee Sohl, animal control officer with Kent Animal Control, told NBC News on Friday that the department is assisting in reporting sightings of the bull back to Joray.
—Terry Dickerson, NBC News, 21 Feb. 2025
Sweetness was able to make his way to the Veterinary Emergency Group thanks to the responding animal control officer who was called to the scene.
—Tj MacIas, Miami Herald, 12 Feb. 2025
Early morning Friday, shelter staff and animal control officers transported pet crates loaded with dogs and cats to Gillespie Field, where they were then carried across the tarmac and placed on the plane.
—Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Jan. 2025
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“Animal control.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/animal%20control. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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