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Animal Services

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Call 255-2345 to have an Animal Services Officer dispatched by radio to respond to the following complaints.

  • Aggressive animals
  • Animal bites
  • Animals in traffic causing safety hazards
  • Dogs in unauthorized park areas
  • Investigation of cruelty/neglect complaints
  • Rabies quarantine (issue orders, ensure owner compliance)
  • Sick or injured animals, wild or domestic
  • Stray or running at large domestic animals

Call 267-1989 (Animal Services Office) for:

  • Animal care/health information
  • Animal feces accumulation complaints
  • "Classroom" education for staying safe around animals and preventing rabies
  • General information
  • Non-emergency complaints

ANIMAL SERVICES DOES NOT RESPOND TO:

  • Barking dogs. Please call the Madison Police Department at 266-4275
  • Wild animals nuisance. Please call a Private Pest Control Service.
  • Any calls outside of the Madison City limits. Instead, please call Police Dispatch at 608-255-2345.

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