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Animal
Control
Animal Control Officer - Ryan Giordano
Non-Emergency
(Available 24 Hrs.)
Animal Control Message Line 908-359-4308
Emergency (Available 24 Hrs.)
Township Police Dispatcher 908-359-3222
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Dog
Licensing
Contact
the Health Department for dog licenses and dog license renewals.
-All
dog residing in Montgomery Township who are over seven (7) months or have
a permanent set of teeth, must be licensed by the Township by January
31. A late fee of $ 1.00 per month will be imposed after January 31. Please
make sure that your dog's rabies vaccine is up-to-date (ie. valid through
October 31). Please have your dog receive a rabies vaccine even if it
overlaps with the old vaccine. This assures your dog's protection should
he/she become bitten by another animal or bite someone.
-If
your elderly or ill dogcan't have a rabies vaccine, a letter from your
veterinarian must be provided explaining why a rabies vaccine would be
detrimental to your dog.
-If
you have just moved into town from elsewhere in New Jersey, your dog license
from your previous town is good for the calendar year but you must register
your dog in the township and obtain a new tag for fifty cents.
DOG
LICENSING FORM
- This form is not yet interactive - it is to be printed and mailed.
click
here to enlarge
This symbol is found on Dog License Renewal Envelopes:
Every year, look for this symbol on an envelope mailed from The Township
of Montgomery in the last week of December. Please SAVE THIS LETTER in
a safe place. You will need both copies of the enclosed form and instructions
to renew your dog’s license before the end of January.
For
further information on the Township's free annual rabies clinic in January,
click here.
Animal
Control Ordinances
- Click here
to go to Montgomery Code online where you can input the following topics
in search box:
5-2.1
Licensing of Dogs
5-3.1 Running at Large Prohibited
5-3.2
Vicious and Potentially Dangerous Dogs
5-3.3
Barking or Crying Dogs
5-3.4
Maintenance of Area Where Dog is Kept
5-3.5
Rabies Control
5-3.6
Annual Canvass
5.3-10
Curbing of Dogs
Do
You Know What NJ Certified ACO's Do?
- Daily
patrolling
- Canvass
for unlicensed dogs by patrolling and performing unlicensed dog
census
- Care
for impounded cats and dogs
- Maintain
the Impoundment facility
- Respond
to calls and complaints concerning lost, stray or injured/sick dogs
"at large"
- Capture
stray domestic animals (i.e. cats and dogs)
- Capture
wildlife or large animals threatening the safety and health of residents.
- Evaluate
if animals captured or picked up require veterinarian care
- Transport
captured animals
- Transport
specimens possibly exposed to rabies to the NJ State Health Department
for testing
- Pick
up dead domestic animals and wildlife
- Respond
to animal cruelty complaints. Enforce all laws or ordinances enacted
for the protection of animals, including, but not limited to, animal
control, animal welfare and animal cruelty laws of the State and
ordinances of the municipality
- Investigate
and sign complaints concerning any violation of an animal control,
animal welfare or animal cruelty law of the State and ordinance
of the municipality
- Investigate
animal bite incidences in conjunction with Township police
- Confine
and monitor animals, which have bitten or were bitten, for possible
rabies exposure. Release them from their quarantine as is appropriate.
- Serve
as a reference department for animal issues and educating the public
- Pursue
continuous education and participation on animal control related
committees
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