Staff at the Animal Care and Control facility provide the following services:
- Enforce animal control laws, including Lake County Ordinances and Policies, and Illinois Statutes
- Maintain lost and found pet service
- Provide interim shelter and care for stray and unwanted animals and transport to adoption center
- Investigate complaints of nuisance and/or threatening animals
- Provide emergency rescue of injured and sick stray animals
- Investigate incidents of animal bites and/or scratches
- Observe impounded biting animals
- Submit specimens to the State of Illinois laboratory for rabies testing
- Present educational programs to schools and community and civic groups
- Provide animal control support services to Sheriff and municipal police departments upon request
- Provide spay/neuter assistance to pet owners.
- Provide rabies tags through Lake County veterinarians.
- Host pet clinics to provide low-cost pet vaccinations.
- Review this brochure for more details.