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CITY OF SAGINAW
DEPARTMENT DESCRIPTION
2020-2021
ANIMAL SERVICES
ANIMAL SERVICES DIVISION: This division maintains the animal shelter and is responsible for controlling
stray animals and investigating reports of stray domestic animals, loose livestock, wild animals, trapped
animals, sick or injured 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 for dangerous dogs or animals. Investigations also
include reports of animal cruelty, and seizures of animal based on the appropriate findings, and assist the
Police Department and Fire Department when animals are involved.
The animal shelter currently has twenty four (2) dog kennels in the adoption facility, eight (8) cat condos in the
adoption facility, eight (8) holding pens of dogs and two (2) pens for dogs in the quarantine facility, and nine
(9) cat cages in cat quarantine that are also used for stray holds. 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. Animal Shelter staff also
maintains the City of Saginaw Animal Services Facebook page and posts animals to this page that are
impounded, lost or found animals, in an attempt to quickly reunite the animals with their owners, and answers
questions that citizens may have pertaining to Animal Control.
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