Jefferson County Animal Control

Had an extremely large snapping turtle that made its way into living in our yard from the lake nearby. We have small kids & a dog, as do the neighbors, so very concerning if you know snapping turtles. Having had experience with a snapping turtle nearly snapping my finger off years ago, I called the experts - that our tax dollars pay for. Within 3hrs they came, safely relocated the turtle to its natural habitat & were very professional. Thank You JeffCO Animal Control!

I had been taking care of a dog for a friends friend. The owner was clearly abusive and the dog was not living a happy life. It bit a roommate so I contacted animal control saying we couldn't keep the dog anymore after this incident. They showed up within 90 minutes and were very professional and told us everything to tell the owner should they decide they want to keep the dog. I wish they had a policy to prevent abusive owners from getting their dogs back, but at least I know he is in a good place until then. I have nothing but respect for these people doing there jobs.

Beware of Jefferson County Animal Control lack of responsibility for their work. I was inside the Target store when an announcement with my license plate number said for me to go to Customer Service. They said my dog was in the car with the windows up and I replied to the Target employee and the woman that reported it that the air conditioning was running with the setting at 65 degrees. The Target employee was friendly and was satisfied that everything was OK so I finished shopping. Two days later I received a letter from Jefferson County Animal Control stating that I left my dog in the car with the windows up with the outside temperature of 88 degrees and that I could call to discuss it with an animal control officer. I was not aware that Jefferson County animal control was contacted until I received the letter. I talked to 4 different people all with different stories of the incident before learning they never sent anyone out to check if the report was true. I told them the air conditioning was running but they would only take the word of the person that called in. They didn't care if the reporting person was telling the truth or do they care to address the false report. This has caused extreme stress to my family and Jefferson County Animal Control continues with no responsibility for their lack of duty. Beware and stay clear of them at all costs.