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Newark Police Animal Control responds to:

Loose Dogs

Vicious Animals

Injured Animals

Animal Neglect

Animal Nuisances

To report a stray, found or loose dog, or dead animal, please call the Newark Police Department at (510) 578-4237.

To view more information on animal control services, please visit: Animal Control Services

Animal Control does not pick up stray cats. We only pick up injured or dead animals.

The following are local cat rescue organizations: Nine Lives Foundation Adoption Center (650) 368-1365, Nine Lives Foundation and the Ohlone Humane Society, (510) 792-4587.

DOG LICENSES

If you are a City of Newark resident, your dog is required to be licensed within 30 days of:

Acquiring a dog that is over 4 months old.
A dog turning 4 months old.
Moving to Newark with your dog.
The expiration of a pet license.

RABIES VACCINATION

Your dog will need to provide proof of a current rabies vaccination (Rabies Vaccination Certificate) before getting licensed. If your dog is due for a rabies vaccination, please have your dog receive the vaccine and then provide a copy of the new vaccination record with your dog license application.

You may request a dog license for one, two, or three years based on the vaccination expiration date.

ANIMAL LICENSE APPLICATION

You may apply/renew a Newark Animal License by one of the following methods:

Complete an online application via the Animal License Website at Animal License Website.
Complete a PDF version of the Animal License Application and submit it to City of Newark Finance by mail or in-person.

DOG LICENSING FEES

Duration	Unaltered Dog	Altered Dog
1 Year	$29	$14
2 Year	$39	$20
3 Year	$46	$23

Proof of spay or neuter is required to receive the discount. For more information, please call City of Newark Finance at (510) 578-4310.

DOG PARK

The NewBark Dog Park is located at 35501 Cedar Boulevard, in front of the Newark Community Center and is open daily from 6:00am to 9:30pm.

REPORTING AN ANIMAL ISSUE

You may report any stray dog, injured animal, animal welfare issues, deceased animals in the public domain, or animal nuisances by calling the Newark Police Department non-emergency line at (510) 578-4237.

LOST PETS

Dogs picked up without ID tags or a microchip are taken to the TriCity Animal Shelter (510) 790-4430.
Visit www.pet harbor.com
Visit and revisit the Tri City Animal Shelter Found Pets Page (www.tricityanimalshelter.org/156/Lost-Found)
Complete a “Lost Pet Report”, make sure you include a picture. After you file a Lost Pet Report, staff will check lost pet reports for any possible matches and call if there is a match. Please be advised the information you provide in this report is open to the public.
Create a lost pet report including photos. Distribute to neighbors, veterinarians, shelters, and pet groomers
Check a large radius of shelters, your pet may have traveled or been relocated by a well-meaning citizen. Your pet should be turned into the city where it was found, not the city where you live or where your pet is microchipped.
Visit shelters in person frequently (2-3 times per week). Holding periods for found animals can vary between 3-10 days. Be sure to call before showing up so you arrive during open hours – each shelter operates independently, and hours vary.
If you've seen your dog act afraid of anything, DO NOT call your dog if you see him. Calling out to a dog can send them into "fight or flight" mode. Instead, visit the Missing Animal Response Network page to learn how to use calming signals to calm and attract your dog to come to you.
Visit Missing Animal Response Network, Helping Lost Pets, or Pet FBI for more tools.
Stray animals without identification the shelter are held for a minimum of 4 shelter business days and animals with a license are held a minimum of 10 calendar days.

SPREAD THE WORD!

Create giant neon posters/flyers and put them around the area where your pet was lost as well as where you live. Instructions on how to make these posters can be found at Missing Animal Response Network.
If you've lost a cat, you can find detailed information on last cat behavior and recovery tips by visiting Missing Animal Response Network.
Use PawBoost to get the word out in the community!
Contact your pet’s microchip company.
If you don’t know your pet’s microchip number your pet’s veterinarian should have it on file.
Talk to neighbors, go door-to-door and post flyers at local shops.
Post on social media - Facebook, Twitter, Nextdoor, Craigslist, Instagram, Pawboost, and Petco Love Lost
Check websites such as PetFinder, PetHarbor, Petango and Craigslist. Petco Love Lost uses facial recognition technology and searches found pet postings from participating shelters throughout the country to help locate missing pets.
If you are offering a reward - When describing your pet, it is suggested that you leave out one identifying characteristic, so people need to prove they actually have your animal. Make the exchange in a safe area, and let someone know where you are and what you are doing.
Call local veterinary offices in case your pet may have been injured and brought in for care

DON’T GIVE UP!

Animals can wander and survive for weeks before being helped by a human.

FOUND PETS

If you have found a stray but wish to hold onto the animal, Newark City Ordinance requires that the finder notify the animal shelter within eight hours. Notify the shelter that you have found a stray animal by completing a Found Pet Report. Please note this report is not a request for service, and if the animal is brought to the shelter, notify staff you filed a Found Pet Report to avoid creating a duplicate record of the animal.
Walk the pet around your neighborhood, most owners are frantically looking for their pet.
Create giant, neon FOUND DOG or FOUND CAT posters and put them up at major intersections near where you found the animal. Instructions on how to make these posters can be found at Missing Animal Response Network.
Have it scanned for a microchip at a veterinarian or animal shelter. If the veterinarian finds a microchip, call the shelter with the full microchip number and have them research the microchip. Shelter staff has the ability to get full owner information, a veterinarian’s information is limited.
Please call the shelter to schedule an appointment to drop it off.
Domestic animals are property and accidents happen, please do not judge the pet’s owners, there are so many scenarios about pets getting lost. Their owner is most likely despondent.
If you have kept the found animal for approximately 30 days, it is now considered your property and you are responsible for licensing and caring for it
There is no after-hours drop box available at the shelter

IF THE ANIMAL IS INJURED

Immediately take the animal to a local emergency clinic

POST FLYERS / USE THE INTERNET

Post on social media - Facebook, Twitter, Nextdoor, Craigslist, Instagram, Pawboost, Finding Rover
Create a found pet flyer including photos. Distribute to neighbors, veterinarians, shelters, and pet groomers
Petco Love Lost has a facial recognition tool where you can use a photo to search a national lost and found database for your missing pet.

ASSISTANCE WITH WILDLIFE ON YOUR PROPERTY

Alameda Vector Control provides Services for Alameda County residents, property owners, and property managers. Issues related to:

Arachnids (Mites, Ticks)
Insects (Bed Bugs, Fleas, Flies, Cockroaches, Mosquitoes/Albany Only)
Nuisance Wildlife (Bats, Raccoons, Opossums, Skunks)
Rodents

For injured or orphaned wildlife (birds, squirrels, foxes, reptiles, orphaned bobcats), please contact the Ohlone Humane Society (510-797-9449).

They do not accept domestic animals (cats, dogs, domestic ducks, or geese).

HUMANE WILDLIFE CONFLICT RESOULUTION

Click here for many of the wildlife issues we help the community address!

CONTACTING ANIMAL CONTROL

Work Hours: Monday-Thursday 6:00am-4:00pm

(510) 578-4361

Animal Fancier's Permit

Newark Municipal Code 6.32.010 , states that an Animal Fancier's Permit is required when.*

The following numbers of animals, regardless of age, shall be considered household pets and may be kept on any parcel used primarily for residential purposes, subject to the following limitations:

A. An animal fancier's permit shall be obtained for:

1. Any rooster;

2. More than four hen chickens, or more than eight bantam chickens, or more than three cats or more than three dogs, or more than two of any other pet species.

3. More than a combination of ten such animals, provided the number-of-specie maximum is not exceeded, shall not be permitted.

B. The issue born of such animals which increases the total number upon the premises beyond the numbers permitted shall be removed from the parcel not later than six weeks from weaning.

C. Other animals which are neither exotic animals nor such animals as specified in this section, such as mice (domestic), rats (domestic), snakes, rabbits, guinea pigs, turtles, fish, ducks, geese, or other birds, and other similar animals commonly kept as household pets, may be kept upon any parcel in any zoning district where the principal use upon the parcel is residential use, so long as such animals do not constitute a nuisance and are afforded food, care and sanitary facilities.