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.
Check for Lost or Available Pets through Charlotte-Mecklenburg Animal Control
ADOPTABLE PETS
http://www.charmeck.org/Departments/Animal+Control/Adoption/Search+for+adoptable+pet.htm
LOST PETS
http://www.charmeck.org/Departments/Animal+Control/Lost+Pets/Home.htm
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.
