animal control officer

American  

noun

1. a government worker responsible for enforcing local ordinances regulating animal ownership and responding to incidents involving animals.

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Example Sentences

Officer Martin said it was "just another day in the life of an animal control officer".

From BBC

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

“I observed three goats chained and two to three free-roaming goats on an empty and unenclosed hillside lot. There was nothing to prevent the goats from wandering beyond the unenclosed lot,” wrote Animal Control Officer Eduardo Ananya in a court declaration.

From Los Angeles Times

“This man had way too many ducks to take proper care of,” said Mo Middleton, chief animal control officer at Animal Friends of the Valley.

From Los Angeles Times

She said she had heard him say something “and it ‘didn’t sound right,’” according to an animal control officer’s report.

From New York Times