Service fees are applied per animal. If you’re interested in adopting a shelter pet, view the adoption fees.

• Barking dog complaints, leash law letters for animals that are not currently loose and you know where the dog lives and the dog is frequently out without a leash
• Return to Community Cat program (TNR) or to schedule a meeting to surrender an animal.
• Evictions where animals are still in the home and owners are not present. The agency conducting the eviction must call Gwinnett Animal Welfare and Enforcement.
  
  

• Animal Welfare officers are not permitted to go into crawlspaces, attics, unfinished basements, sewers or climb trees to capture animals.
• Animal Welfare and Enforcement does not respond to calls regarding rodents (rats, mice, squirrels), native snakes, or other pests, such as raccoons or possums.
• Please contact a pest control or a wildlife management business for assistance.

• Stray dogs (Gwinnett County does not have a leash law on cats).
• Rabies vector animals (raccoon, bats, opossums, fox).
• Animal neglect and cruelty cases as defined in the County ordinance section 10-173. Including lack of proper vet care, unsanitary conditions, animals being abused physically, dogs outside with no water or proper shelter.
• Injured/ sick domestic animals (dogs, cats, livestock).
• Abandoned animals (Officers cannot enter a home or yard to immediately remove an animal if an owner is not present; we must post the property for a time frame of 36 hours per the County ordinance 10-9).
• Tethered dogs – single point tethering is not permitted per ordinance 10-71(c).
• Backyard breeding.
• Loose livestock.
• Loose chickens or roosters that are confined inside of a coop or fenced yard please contact
  code enforcement.
• Large dead animal removal.

Never leave a pet in a car
If you see an animal in a car exhibiting signs of heat or cold stress, call Gwinnett Animal Welfare & Enforcement at 770.339.3200 or the local police department and take the following steps:

• Get the vehicle’s make, model, color, and tag number.
• Alert the management of a nearby business, who could make an emergency announcement.
• Return to your vehicle or the business and wait for police near the vehicle.
• Once police or animal control officer arrive, inform them of your findings.

Possible consequences for leaving a pet unattended in a hot vehicle.
Inadequate ventilation for your pet is considered animal cruelty, according to Gwinnett County’s Ordinance Sec. 10-173. Causing unnecessary suffering is a secondary charge; leaving an animal unattended in a vehicle is a third charge. A law enforcement officer may use any force necessary to remove any animal locked in a closed vehicle when the temperature outside the vehicle is 80 degrees Fahrenheit or higher. If there is damage to the vehicle during such removal, the law enforcement officer shall not be liable for any damage per Gwinnett County’s Ordinance Sec. 10-175.