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Animal Control
Animal Control is responsible for the administration and enforcement of the County's ordinance 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. It responds to and conducts field investigations of alleged code violations
that may or may not result in prosecution through a court of law. Staff are available to answer questions by telephone during
business hours and can make educational presentations to your neighborhood, school, civic or youth groups. Animal Control
also provides emergency after-hours availability 365 days/year
Animal Control coordinates with the Dumb Friend's League and State of Colorado Agriculture Department for 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. This is regulated through Zoning.
The employee-led Feral Cat Program serves to mitigate the growing population of stray and feral cats. To find out how you
can help, please call 720-874-6710.
Violations
Dogs not under voice command or on a leash violate the Running at Large Ordinance.
Any dog barking, howling, yelping or whining for a consecutive period in excess of twenty (20) minutes during the day (7 A.M. to 9 P.M.) or for a consecutive period in excess of ten (10) minutes during the night (9:01 P.M. to 6:59 A.M.) and/or a cumulative period
in excess of one-hundred twenty (120) minutes during any twenty-four (24) hour period violates the amended Noisy Dogs Section (E) of the County's Animal Control 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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- Hospitalization of sick and injured stray animals.
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- Pick-up and disposal of dead animals.
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- Arapahoe County Animal Control uses the Humane Society of the South Platte Valley at 2129 W. Chenango Ave., Littleton, 303-703-2938 to shelter lost animals and provides adoption services for adoptable pets
that are not successfully returned to their owners.
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Centennial citizens, please contact the City of Centennial for your Animal Control needs at 303-325-8070.
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