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Animal Control and Mosquito Control Program
Mission: Animal Control strives to provide the highest level of service to the citizens of Arapahoe County by maintaining
an effective and efficient Animal Control Program, with emergency after-hours availability 365 days/year.
Animal Control is responsible for the administration and enforcement of the County's ordinances for the control, licensing and impoundment of dogs; including investigation of citizen complaints, issuing dog licenses, and responding to calls reporting
dogs running at large, dog bites and barking dogs. The enforcement ability requires responding to and conducting field investigations
of alleged code violations that may or may not result in prosecution through a court of law. Providing animal control information
to the public is an important part of the duties of the staff. Staff is available to answer questions by telephone during
business hours and can make presentations to your neighborhood, school, civic or youth group.
Arapahoe County Animal Control coordinates with the Dumb Friend's League and State of Colorado Agriculture Department for adoption services and animal welfare investigations. While Arapahoe County
does not have an animal control code for licensing of cats, the Land Development Code does specify a maximum number of household
pets including both cats and dogs and types of pets that are prohibited. The number of pets is regulated through the Zoning Section of Public Works and Development.
Animal Control also administers the County's Mosquito Control Program, which ensures mosquito breeding sites are treated with
larvacide to kill mosquito larvae to prevent the spread of the West Nile Virus and to educate the public about safety practices
to minimize exposure to mosquito bites.
Coyote Information
Violations
Dogs that are not under voice command or on a leash are in violation of the Running at Large Ordinance.
Any dog barking continuously during a 20 minute period is in violation of the Noisy Dog Ordinance.
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- Loan out program for live animals traps - citizens can trap nuisance wildlife such as: raccoons, squirrels, rabbits, skunks
and cats. Traps are loaned out for up to seven days.
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- Assistance in releasing small wildlife from fireplaces and window wells.
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- Capture and release of snakes.
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- Hospitalization of sick and injured stray animals.
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- Impoundment of stray animals. As Arapahoe County uses private sheltering for housing stray animals rather than a public shelter,photographs are posted via a website link to assist pet owners in determining whether their pets have been impounded.
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- Pick-up and disposal of dead animals.
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- Coordination with Dumb Friend's League for adoption services for adoptable dogs that are not successfully returned to their owners.
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Coyote Information
After June 30, 2008, Centennial citizens, please contact the City of Centennial for your Animal Control needs at 303-325-8070.
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