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CITY OF SAGINAW
DEPARTMENT DESCRIPTION
2018-2019
ANIMAL SERVICES
ANIMAL SERVICES DIVISION: This division maintains the animal shelter and is responsible for controlling
stray animals and investigating reports of loose livestock, wild animals and barking dogs. They also have
traps that residents can borrow to catch nuisance animals such as skunks, raccoons, armadillos and
stray/feral cats. They respond to reports of animal bites and insure that the biting animal is quarantined
according to state laws. They investigate reports of “vicious animals” and conduct the necessary hearings.
The animal shelter has 40 kennels and eight quarantine pens for holding animals. Animals can be viewed
from their pens on the City’s web page. Citizens can also list lost and found animals on the web page.
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