What Is Animal Control and Why Does Marion County Need It?

1. Animal Control means protecting pets and stray animals from the dangers they face on the streets.
2. Animal Control means protecting people and property from the dangers and nuisance of roaming uncontrolled animals.

ANIMAL PROBLEMS BEGIN WITH PEOPLE
The health and safety of animals and people are at risk when irresponsible pet owners:

• Allow their pets to roam free.
• Fail to observe laws and ordinances.
• Allow their pets to have unwanted litters.

SOLUTIONS BEGIN WITH ANIMAL CONTROL
Your community’s animal control program can solve these problems—with your help.
The picture is not a pretty one when roaming free animals may:

BITE PEOPLE
SPREAD DISEASE
DESTROY PROPERTY
BREED
CAUSE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS
DIE

A lack of animal control results in animal and human suffering from accidents, fights, starvation, disease, exposure and inhumane treatment. Whether it falls directly on individual citizens at their homes, or handled by a county shelter, uncontrolled animals can an expensive problem.


THE ANIMAL CONTROL AGENCY IN YOUR COMMUNITY WILL:

• Operate shelter and adoption programs, to protect and find homes for unwanted animals.
• License animals to help identify and aid in the return of lost pets.
• Enforce ordinances, such as leash laws, laws governing vaccinations and humane treatment.
• Cruelty Investigations.
• Complaint Investigations
• Animal Rescue, Bite Investigation and Animal Quarantine
• Educate the public, to make citizens aware of animal control problems and ways to help.

This is why Marion County Needs Animal Control.