#animal-control

#animal-control

After months of attempting to capture a runaway German shepherd, Utica Animal Control tracked the dog to its owner and resolved the issue.

A five-foot long lizard that escaped from Webster was found, Webster Animal Control announced Saturday. Goose, a water monitor lizard, had been lost for two weeks from the area of Blueberry Lane.

A large ball python was seen slinking along the road in Somerville, leading to speculation about whether it is an escaped pet. The snake is white with black and brown patches, measuring approximately 3 to 4 feet long.

A 57-year-old woman was hospitalized after being bitten by a dog while working as a caretaker in Hialeah.

Wednesday marked the final day of negotiations over the upcoming fiscal year's budget, with SF Board Supervisors striving to prevent layoffs after intense protests by City Hall employees.

From the moment a dog becomes a pet, the collar is part of her new reality. It is the primary marker that this dog "belongs" to someone: the collar holds ID tags with names, phone numbers, and addresses, and it lets strangers know that a wandering pup isn't lost to the world-just misplaced.

"We need animal control out here. [The turkey] is chasing the customers. It's a really big turkey," the caller told 911.