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Animal Control
Queen Anne’s County Animal Control Officers enforce the laws regarding licensing and the treatment of domestic animals according to state and local laws.
- Queen Anne’s County Chapter 9 Animal Control Ordinance
- Queen Anne’s County Animal Control Regulations (PDF)
Officers provides patrols of the entire county, during which they collect stray, unleashed, and licensed animals roaming at large. The officers have received specialized training in the care, treatment, and handling of both wild and domestic animals.
Animal Control Call for Service & Hours Protocol
Normal Business Hours - Monday - Sunday (7am-7pm)
(Business Hours subject to change due to staffing)
Business Hour Services
- Calls for service concerning all stray or nuisance animals
- Pick-up of confined or trapped stray domestic animals
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On call After Hours Services
- All call for service for a domestic stray animal and livestock in which delay may result in injury or death of the animal
- All incidents with a threat to life or safety of a person
- Assisting other agencies, including but not limited to Law Enforcement, EMS and Fire Departments and QAC Animal Services
- All calls for service requested by Queen Anne's County Environmental Health for impoundment of an animal that is involving animal attacks to human or other animals that are still at large or cannot be quarantined at the owners property @(Model.BulletStyle == CivicPlus.Entities.Modules.Layout.Enums.BulletStyle.Decimal ? "ol" : "ul")>
Calls for service involving wildlife
- Animal Control will assist with wildlife only at the request or direction of the QAC Department of Health concerning rabies risks
- Residents will be directed to contact a Licensed Wildlife Rehabilitator or Trapper with all other wildlife concerns
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Contact Us:
410-758-2393
(to speak with a dispatcher)
qacac@qac.org
100 Communications Drive
Centreville, MD 21617
Contact Us
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Scott Haas
Director
Email
Department of Emergency Services
100 Communications Drive
Centreville, MD 21617
Phone: 410-758-4500
Fax: 410-758-2086
Emergency: 911
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Animal Control
Physical Address
100 Communications Drive
Centreville, MD 21617
Phone: 410-758-2393