Services

Education, Licensing & Response

Services provided by Animal Control include:

• Assisting in educating the public regarding animal control issues
• Coordinating with local colleges and universities to help find homes for adoptable dogs
• Enforcing local animal control laws that protect people, animals, and property
• Facilitating redemption of impounded dogs and cats
• Investigating animal bite reports and rabies control cases in cooperation with the Health Department
• Investigating complaints of abuse, neglect, tethering, barking, loose dogs, etc.
• Issuing and maintaining dog licenses for all county dogs
• Maintaining the lost and found board
• Operating and maintaining the Colusa County Animal Shelter
• Patrolling busy streets for stray, injured, and abandoned animals
• Providing adoptions of friendly cats and dogs
• Providing cat trap rentals to county residents
• Providing shelter for stray, lost, abused, and abandoned animals
• Responding to emergencies involving sick or seriously injured domestic animals, including potential human exposure to the rabies virus
• Working with local rescue groups to place adoptable animals

For More Information

For more information about services provided by Animal Control, please contact us at (530) 458-0229.