animal control
noun
: an office or department responsible for enforcing ordinances relating to the control, impoundment, and disposition of animals
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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.
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Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Jan. 2025
Local animal control did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
—Samira Asma-Sadeque, People.com, 27 Jan. 2025
Randazzo said animal control had spent more than $60,000 to care for the six dogs.
—Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 14 Nov. 2024
Tobin noted there was no blood or visible injuries on either of them, and animal control would determine the cause of death.
—Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 3 Nov. 2024
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Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Jan. 2025
Local animal control did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
—Samira Asma-Sadeque, People.com, 27 Jan. 2025
Randazzo said animal control had spent more than $60,000 to care for the six dogs.
—Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 14 Nov. 2024
Tobin noted there was no blood or visible injuries on either of them, and animal control would determine the cause of death.
—Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 3 Nov. 2024
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“Animal control.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/animal%20control. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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