How to Use animal control in a Sentence

animal control

noun
  • The deer was put down by local law enforcement and animal control, which saved the head for Daniels.
    Alan Clemons, Outdoor Life, 19 Feb. 2021
  • The dog was taken to animal control to receive treatment, police said.
    William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al, 5 Jan. 2021
  • Some are occasionally clipped by a car and injured, but there’s little animal control officers can do to help.
    Michael Cabanatuan, SFChronicle.com, 29 Dec. 2020
  • The seller must provide food, water and shelter to the puppies, animal control officials said.
    Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 17 July 2024
  • The boy was taken to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries and two dogs were taken by animal control officers.
    Fox News, 31 Dec. 2020
  • The hikers quickly called 911 and removed one of the zip ties before police and animal control arrived.
    Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2024
  • Harris has been an animal control officer for about five months, and this was only his second call regarding a chicken and the first that involved one that had gone missing.
    al, 11 Feb. 2021
  • The local animal control officer told me the family had to surrender Jasper to quarantine because his rabies shots were out of date.
    Susanne Craig, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2021
  • Our animal control and police officers will respond and enforce West Hartford’s leash ordinance.
    courant.com, 12 Mar. 2021
  • After the rescue, the dog was handed over to the city's animal control.
    Matthew Dolan, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2023
  • The county's animal control unit took custody of the dogs.
    CBS News, 24 Aug. 2022
  • After the serval was out of the house, Frank called animal control.
    Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com, 7 July 2021
  • The case was turned over to the city’s animal control officer.
    Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 27 Mar. 2021
  • The city asked the public to not approach it, just to fill out an online form for animal control to catch it.
    Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez, The Courier-Journal, 26 Apr. 2022
  • Reggie was loaded into an animal control truck for the 30-mile trip to the zoo.
    Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2022
  • The dog was picked up by animal control after the attack and was later put down.
    Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 4 May 2023
  • One of the dogs was removed from the scene by animal control officers.
    William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al, 26 Aug. 2022
  • In addition, two dogs, two horses, a cow, a lizard and a snake were found alive and turned over to animal control.
    Jamie Landers, Dallas News, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Over the next couple of days, local animal control went to work on setting traps to catch the litter.
    Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 25 July 2023
  • Phillips said animal control officials and the town Board of Health were informed of the attack.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 2 June 2023
  • The lifeguard was told to call animal control should the critters return.
    cleveland, 19 June 2022
  • City animal control took the dogs from the house after the incident.
    Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 5 Oct. 2021
  • An animal control contractor was called to the scene, picked up the dog and took it to Pepperidge Kennels.
    Thomas Jewell, cleveland, 9 Apr. 2021
  • But where the pig has not been seen is in the custody of Mobile animal control officers.
    Howard Koplowitz | Hkoplowitz@al.com, al, 29 Sep. 2022
  • Klehm said animal control was initially called for loose pigs in the area.
    Bill Jones, chicagotribune.com, 10 Dec. 2021
  • As the name suggests, the series centers on a group of animal control workers.
    Joe Otterson, Variety, 6 Feb. 2024
  • The two dogs have since been seized by animal control but it has not yet been determined what will happen to them.
    Jon Haworth, ABC News, 26 May 2021
  • While waiting for animal control, the fire department brought their Jaws of Life and were able to make a big enough opening through the rocks to pull her out.
    Glenn Garner, PEOPLE.com, 15 June 2021
  • Photos of the two snakes were posted on the Canton animal control Facebook page on June 24.
    Emily Sweeney, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Aug. 2022
  • Worried about the dog's well-being, the workers called animal control for help.
    Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 14 Sep. 2023

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