Animal Control

Livermore Police Department
1110 South Livermore Ave
Livermore, CA 94550
925-371-4848
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Our Mission is to educate and provide courteous assistance to the public and to provide comfort, kindness and compassion to animals in our care. One of the most common things we hear is “I could never do your job, I love animals too much”. We too love animals, so much so that we choose to work in a field where we believe we can make a difference. There are times when our job is very challenging and tests our emotions. But, simply helping an animal receive emergency assistance or reuniting someone with his or her lost pet makes it all worthwhile.

With spring comes wildlife.

Raccoons, opossums, skunks and other wildlife are common in residential neighborhoods. It is possible to co-exist with them if we take a few preventative measures.
1. Remove or cover possible food sources. Garbage cans, pet food etc.
2. Screen all attic, porch and foundation vents with heavy-duty mesh.
3. Professionally cap chimneys or cover with heavy gauge hardware cloth.
4. Close off passages to areas beneath porches and other crawl spaces
5. Prune or remove tree limbs hanging over the building.
6. Use pet-doors at you own risk. If conventional ones are used, bolt them tightly at night. Or purchase an electronic pet-door, designed to open for your pet only.
7. Remove unnecessary outdoor clutter such as old newspaper, junk, woodpiles and old cars.
8. Do not feed wildlife no matter how cute or tame they may appear.
9. Wildlife does not like the odor of mothballs or ammonia. Rags soaked in ammonia placed in areas wildlife frequent will help keep them away.

10. Nocturnal wildlife that have made a home for themselves in you attic or under your house do not like light or noise. A well placed drop light and radio will cause them to leave. After they are gone the openings where they got in should be secured.

If you have taken the previously listed steps to discourage wildlife and you are still experiencing a problem, please call Alameda County Vector Control at (510)567-6800 for other possible solutions.

Our goal is to not have any unwanted animals. We need you to help us. You can do this by spaying and neutering your pets, providing your pet with a proper collar and identification and by providing a home for your pet where it will not roam the streets. With your help this goal can be achieved.
Click here for low the low cost spay and neuter clinic and the free "Pit Fix".

Animal Control enforces City of Livermore Animal Ordinances regarding pets and other animals. Please look under Title 6 - Animals

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