Animal Services
The Huntersville
Police Animal Services goal is to provide the citizens of Huntersville
with a top rated, professional, more user friendly, humane type
animal control and to present a positive appearance to the function
of animal services/control and the animal services officers.
The Animal Services Unit experienced
a change of personnel during this past year. The one Animal Services
Coordinator left the department at the end of July. Two new positions
were allocated for the unit. The present officers were hired and
started work during the fall of 2004. Both officers are now sworn
law enforcement officers.
The two new Animal Services Officers
have finished training and are presently working on programs that
will permit the Town of Huntersville to participate in an animal
adoption program as well as a spay/neutering program. The officers
are presently in the planning phase of building a new temporary
animal holding facility in partnership with the Town of Cornelius.
Animal Services Registration
If you live within the Town limits of Huntersville, you are required
by Towncode: Animal Control; Article 2, Section 4-32(A) to maintain
current registration of dogs and cats over the age of four months.
By registering your pet(s) with Huntersville Police Department's
Animal Services, you are no longer required to register with Charlotte-Mecklenburg
Police Department's Animal Control. Pet registration is a free
service offered by the Town of Huntersville.
To register your animal(s), proof
of current rabies inoculation is required! You may download/print
this registration, complete and bring this form, along with proof
of inoculation, to the Huntersville Police Department located
at 102 Gilead Road, or have your Veterinarian authenticate your
information and mail this card to:
Huntersville Police Department
P.O. Box 664
Huntersville, NC 28070
Attention: Animal Services
Your registration tag will be forwarded
to you as soon as possible.
Public Safety Advisory on Rabies
Rabies is a deadly viral disease affecting the central nervous
system. Rabies can be prevented but not cured. A healthy animal
or human can get rabies when bitten, licked or scratched by a
sick animal. The virus lives in the saliva. You can get rabies
if animal saliva gets into a cut or scratch. Fortunately, by taking
a few simple precautions, it is easy to prevent rabies.
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Make sure your pets are
up-to-date on their rabies vaccinations. Dogs, cats and ferrets
are required to have a current rabies vaccination. Animals cannot
be treated for exposure to rabies. Your pets should always wear
their rabies vaccination and license tags.
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Puppies & kittens that
have not been vaccinated should not be left outdoors un-supervised.
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Obey leash laws and keep
your pets restrained.
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Report stray animals to
Animal Control (704) 766-2277.
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Teach your children to
stay away from animals they do not know including wild animals.
A rabid wild animal may act tame.
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If raccoons or other animals
are lurking around your yard and acting sick or abnormal, telephone
Animal Control.
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Avoid attracting or handling
wild animals.
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Feed your pets indoors.
Do not toss table scraps into your yard. Do not leave pet food
outside for any length of time.
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Keep your property free
of exposed garbage, pet food and bird feed. If trash must be
stored outside at night, put it in sturdy tightly closed containers.
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Keep your home in good
repair to prevent animals from entering through cracks and crevices.
Use strong metal mesh to cover potential entryways such as chimneys,
dryer vents and holes in eaves.
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If you find a bat in your
home, telephone Animal Control, your physician and Health Department.
Minimal contact with bats may result in rabies transmission.
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If you are disposing of
a wild animal, wear gloves and use a shovel - avoid direct contact.
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Do not touch an injured
animal - telephone Animal Control.
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Stay away from animal traps
and storm drains. Raccoons travel through storm drains.
There is no easy test for rabies.
