animal control officer
Americannoun
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Officer Martin said it was "just another day in the life of an animal control officer".
From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2025
My sister, a former animal control officer, spotted her running in heavy traffic in 2012 and managed to coax her into her car.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2025
“I grew up in Brookline, and as a kid in the 1990s, I don’t remember ever seeing turkeys,” says David Cheung, a former animal control officer for the Brookline Police Department.
From National Geographic ● Nov. 20, 2023
“Bears tend to go for the easy food,” said Deborah Clark, the animal control officer in Simsbury, a town of about 24,000 people, which has recorded 517 bear sightings so far this year.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 27, 2023
An animal control officer told Dillon that once he found them he’d need to bring them to the county’s facility.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 11, 2022
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