The Animal Control Division provides the following services to the city residents of Grass Valley and Nevada City:
- • Response to citizen complaints
- • Transport sick/injured animals to animal care facilities
- • Patrol the city areas, and pick up stray/abandoned animals
- • Enforce all local animal ordinances, state and federal regulations
- • Return stray animals to owners when possible
- • Investigate and prepare cases for court
- • Investigate animal bites, complete bite reports, quarantine animals that have bitten
- • Issue dog/pot-bellied pig licenses
- • Educate the public in animal care, animal ordinances/laws, responsible pet ownership
- • Be helpful to the public in animal matters, treat each person with respect and privacy
- • Wildlife Rehabilitation & Release (530) 432-5522 for orphaned, injured baby animals/birds
- • California State Fish & Game (916) 445-0045 to report poaching, bear/mountain lion kills