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DeKalb County Animal Control is a division of the DeKalb County Police Department |
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DeKalb County Animal Services and Enforcement is divided into six "territories" with one unit per area. These units provide 16-hour, five day per week coverage of the County. Weekend coverage is limited to emergencies only due to staffing. These units provide service to more than 269 square miles and serves more than 665,000 residents.
Each animal control officer is equipped with a hand-held, extended-range radio to allow them to be in constant communication with dispatch. This contact facilitates the routing of calls, communication of current licensing and vaccination information, the reporting of actual or potential problem situations requesting specialized equipment, such as large animal trailers, etc., and the field return to owners of licensed stray pets. The field staff enforces all state, county and municipal laws regarding the care and control of domestic animals.
Animal Services and Enforcement is responsible for the:
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- Impound of stray dogs, cats and other animals, including livestock.
- Enforcement of the leash law that forbids dogs from running at large.
- Investigation of cases of suspected animal abuse and neglect and the impoundment of animals seized in such cases.
- Assisting local law enforcement agencies in raids to end illegal dog and cock fighting activities and any other call involving an animal, and provide support services for the Police, Marshall's, and Sheriff's Departments.
- Impound dangerous or vicious dogs and testify in hearings on their disposition.
- Respond to special animal control problems caused by natural disasters, such as fires, floods and earthquakes.
- Investigate complaints relating to excessive animal noise, including barking dogs and crowing fowl.
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Among the programs and services that are unique to the Department:
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- Full-time, trained, uniformed officers who canvas the areas the Department services to enforce all applicable animal laws and ordinances.
- A computer system that tracks individual problem animals, alerting officers to previous complaints and expediting the direct return of stray animals wearing traceable license tags.
- Processes rabies vaccination information for the licensing program.
- Special adoption programs to help more shelter pets find new homes.
- Age appropriate group presentations and tour of the Center.
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| Recording |
(404) 294-2930 |
| Office |
(404) 294-2996 |
| Kennel |
(404) 294-3088 |
| FAX |
(404) 294-2947 |
| After Hours, Weekends, Holidays (communications) |
(404) 294-2911 |
| Dead Animal Pickup (Sanitation) |
(404) 294-2900 |
| Wildlife: Georgia State Department of Natural Resources, Fish and Wildlife Division. |
(404) 918-6408 |
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We accept owner surrendered animals at the Center based on space availability during regular business hours, excluding Mondays. Please be aware that we may not be able to find a new home for your pet. Owner surrendered animals will be screened immediately upon entry into the Center and a decision will be made about adoptability. If we deem the animal unadoptable based on our criteria and space availability, your pet may be euthanized within hours of arrival at the Center. Owners needing to surrender aggressive, sick or elderly animals need to take them to their veterinarian to have them euthanized. These are not adoptable pets and it is the responsibility of the owner to have their pet humanely euthanized by a licensed veterinarian. |
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Sec. 16-303. Sound between the hours of 11:00 pm and 7:00 am.
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Single-family detached dwellings. It is unlawful for any person, between the hours of 11:00 pm and 7:00 am, to make, cause, or allow any sound from a source within his ownership or control that projects, emits or transmits into any single-family detached dwelling in a residential area owned or occupied by another, such that the sound is plainly audible anywhere within the interior of a sealed dwelling.
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Multi-family dwellings. It is unlawful for any person, between the hours of 11:00 pm and 7:00 am, to make, cause, or allow any plainly audible sound from a source within his ownership or control that projects, emits or transmits within the common area of a multifamily dwelling in a residential area.
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Sec. 16-304. Animal Vocalization, construction and landscaping activities, and the testing of burglar alarms.
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Animal Vocalizations. Animal Vocalizations in a residential area during the hours from 7:01 am until 10:59 pm shall be regulated as follows. Pets and non-domesticated animals may not make any vocalizations for more than fifteen (15) minutes without interruption or more than thirty (30) minutes if intermittent. The limitations in section 16-303 (a) and (b) apply to animal vocalizations between 11:00 pm and 7:00 am. The limitations in this subsection and in section 16-3-3 do not apply if the vocalizations are given as a warning to the presence of an intruder. |
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If you have an ongoing nuisance wildlife or domestic animal problem, a Trap Request Form is available for download only and requires the Adobe Acrobat Reader (free). Please print and complete the form and forward with the correct funds to DeKalb County Animal Services and Enforcement at 845 Camp Road Decatur, GA 30032. |
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DeKalb Animal Services responds to anonymous complaints; however we need your cooperation to prosecute to the full extent of the law. We must have a complainant who is willing to go to court and testify before we can enter a person's property to investigate a complaint, unless the officer can see a violation from public property or from another person's property with permission from the property owner. If you truly want to help an abused animal, be prepared to go to court. |
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