Animal Services

Animal services responds to complaints and can answer questions and provide education about animal care and health.

Emergency Contact & Complaints

An Animal Services Officer is dispatched by radio to respond to emergency complaints. Call (608) 255-2345 to report report a complaint. Emergency complaints include:

• Aggressive animals
• Animal bites
• Animals in traffic causing safety hazards
• Dogs in unauthorized park areas
• Investigation of cruelty/neglect complaints
• Rabies quarantine (issue orders, ensure owner compliance)
• Sick or injured animals, wild or domestic
• Stray or running at large domestic animals

Non-emergency Contact & Complaints

Call (608) 267-1989 for:

• Animal care/health information
• Animal feces accumulation complaints
• Classroom education for staying safe around animals and preventing rabies
• General information
• Non-emergency complaints

Barking Dogs

The Madison Police Department handles barking dog complaints. Please visit the Public Health Madison & Dane County Animal Services for other animal-related issues.

• Call the Madison Police Department Non-Emergency phone number: (608) 266-4275
• Press 6 or say "occurring now"
• A representative will ask for details about the situation