Animal Control

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Municipal Animal Services

Alachua County Animal Resources enforces ordinances and provides services for the all areas of Alachua County only. If you live within county limits, please contact us for service at 352-264-6880.

For immediate animal emergencies after hours (not healthy strays), call 911. For after hours non-emergencies, contact the ​Combined Communications Center line at 352-955-1818.

We respond to non-domesticated animal calls involving a bite or attack to a human or an animal, particularly those dealing with raccoons, bats, foxes, and other possible rabies carriers. Animal Control does not respond to nuisance wildlife calls or remove trapped nuisance wildlife. Please go to www.myfwc.com for a list of wildlife trappers in your area.

Field Operations Offered to Public

• Animal Cruelty Investigations
• Quarantine of Biting Animals
• Nuisance Animal Complaints
• Humane Education
• Trapping Services for sick, injured or possibly rabies exposed animals.
  
• Dangerous Dog Investigations
• Sick or Injured Animals
• Dog-at-Large Complaints
• Rabies Control
• Complaints of Failure to Remove Animal Feces
• Complaints of Failure to Confine Animals in Estrus
• Animal Establishment Inspections
• Emergency Assistance for Public Safety Agencies

Resources

• Alachua County Code Chapter 72 - Animals
• Affidavit and Instructions - All affidavits must be notarized
• Animal Bite Report
• Dispatcher Email - ​dispatcher@alachuacounty.us
• Shelter Se​rvices