Health Department
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Animal Control |
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Purpose |
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The Animal Control Program’s primary purpose is to implement rabies safety control measures. This involves enforcing laws related to Animal Control which includes ensuring dogs and cats are immunized against rabies. Animal Control strives to reduce animal suffering and distress by providing a safe environment for lost or abandoned pets, facilitating the safe return of pets to families, administering adoptions of stray or unwanted dogs and cats, and educating the public about responsible pet ownership.
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Availability |
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Monday - Friday, 9:30am-4:00pm and Saturday, 10:00am-12:00pm. An Animal Control Officer is available for emergencies seven days a week - 24 hours a day. After hours, leave a message on the answering machine 704-986-3881 or call 911. |
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Lost & Found |
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Lost and surrendered dogs and cats are housed at the
Stanly County Animal Control shelter.
Click on
petharbor.com to see animals
currently housed at our shelter.
(The Stanly County Animal Shelter is listed under "Adoptable, Lost and Found
Pets.") The information included on the PetHarbor.com site are the animal's picture, gender,
breed, approximate age, and date brought to shelter. You are,
also, encouraged to call or stop
by the shelter to see if we have your lost pet or one that you
would be interested in adopting. The Stanly County
Animal Control shelter is located at 1037 Coble Avenue in Albemarle.
The phone number is 704-986-3881.
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News - Program no longer available - funds are depleted as of September 18, 2009. |
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The Stanly County Animal Control Program has limited
funds to assist low income people with the cost of spaying or neutering one pet cat or dog
per household. For more
information about this program, please click
Litterless 2009. This service will be available until funds
are depleted. |
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Fee's |
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All services are free of charge except adoption and reclaiming. Adoption charges are: dogs - $81.00 ($75.00 adoption fee and $6.00 for Stanly County tag) and cats - $75.00. To reclaim an animal, the charge is $75.00 if the dog or cat was picked up Monday - Friday, 8:30am-5:00pm, $75.00 if the dog or cat was picked up after hours, on the weekend or a holiday. To reclaim animals caught in a county trap - $75.00. To reclaim animals taken with a tranquilizing gun - $100.00. To reclaim an animal after the owner has been contacted and a 24 hour period has passed - reclaim fee plus $15.00/day. The fee for an animal bite confinement is $15.00/day. The fee for a full 10 day confinement is $150.00. |
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Contact
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The Animal Shelter is located at 1037 Coble Avenue, Albemarle. The Animal Control Program Supervisor is Gary Godwin and can be reached at 704-986-3881. |
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This page was last updated on 09/18/09 . |