City of Las Vegas Animal Control

A boy and his dog… inseparable. Except when he leaves for the evening and someone else leaves the gate to the yard open. This prompted a call to his mom at 12:30 am all the way over in California and social media blitzes internationally (I’m not kidding!). «Mom! Starr is gone!» We got that dog when he was a boy of 8 and he and that dog have been best friends for almost 17 years. This was a catastrophic nightmare for all of us and for our extended family and friends as well who love her as their own.
So what is a mother to do when she is this far away? Well, first I called the microchip company (1−888-HOMEAGAIN) and ensured that our information was up-​to-​date. Secondly, I purchased a package from them for a mere $ 17 that would send an email notification to all of the vets, Home Again subscribers, PetsMarts etc that may somehow see the animal. That is one cool service!
Thirdly, I called Animal Control. Dispatch calmly listened to me frantically explain our situation and gave me the number and website information for the Lied Shelter, where all strays are taken. (702−384−3333 and
). The number at night has a recorded message giving instructions and letting you know that the website is updated hourly with pet information.
I checked the website and used the user-​friendly filtering system to sort the categories: Dog, Female, Over 1 year old, Brown, Medium sized. It came up with 12 dogs, none of which were our dearest Starr. This went on through the night. I kept checking, we were monitoring all the social media and the kids were combing the neighborhoods. In the end, one of the kids went to Animal Control and found the intake paper clearly showing our beloved Starr. She had managed, at 16 years old, to take a journey in a relatively short period of time 8 miles from home! Thank goodness she was found! We are all really happy!
Now, a few words of advice after this episode:

is useless until after the intake process. According to Lied (I left a message on their recorder and they did call me back today by around 1 pm) the animals are considered in-​transit till then. They are not scanned for microchips until the morning following their arrival at Lied. Lied can hardly be blamed for this as they get 50 TO 60 ANIMALS PER DAY dropped off at the shelter. Wow! Per day including weekends! So best bet is to just go to the shelter as soon as they are open to see if your dog is there. It would have been nice to have known that our pet would not be on the website for at least 24 hours after she went missing. That is really my only complaint about the entire process.
I was very happy with the service from Animal Control. Starr was picked up from a usually busy intersection unharmed and kept safe until my son arrived to pick her up. They were particularly busy that night because the wind was up and many gates were being blown open, apparently.
Thank you, Animal Control, for being a key part of bringing our beautiful pet back home to us!
Animal Control offers 24-​hour service, seven days per week. Normal hours of operation are 6:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. An emergency callout officer is available after normal business hours. Our 24-​hour service request line is (702) 229‑6444, option 2.
Lied Shelter:
Hours of operation
Main Campus Public Hours:
Adoptions: 11am-​7pm daily
Lost & Found: 10am-​7pm daily
Low-​Cost Vaccine Clinic:
Monday-​Friday, 3−6pm; Saturday-​Sunday, 10am-​3pm
Low-​Cost Spay & Neuter Clinic:
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays (appointments suggested)
PetSmart Charities Everyday Adoption Center
Adoptions: 9am-​8pm daily (until 7pm Sundays).
The Animal Foundation Campus
655 N. Mojave Road
Las Vegas, NV 89 101
P: (702) 384‑3333

I appreciate what animal control is there for… I really do. But when I witness them run around a neighborhood chasing a female boxer with a hurt left leg for over an HOUR as she huffs and puffs and has a FREAKING heart attack… I have come to realize these IDIOTS have no CLUE how to catch a dog.
How about we try and calm her down, give her water, giver her some freaking food. Lions will run their pray till they almost die of exhaustion. It seems thats the only thing these overweight losers know what to do.
Get in the car… chase the dog… get out of the car… chase the dog… get in the car… chase the poor dog. REALLY?
I have saved many dogs in my day and keeping them calm is the most humane way. Who ever teaches these idiots how to catch dogs needs to be put in a maze and chased till they have a heart attack to see how they like it. Idiots.

My daughter had my cat in a pet box in her car and my cat busted out of the box and jumped on the dash board and was hissing, she was scaring my daughter. She called Animal Control and they told her to listen to them. Open her car door and let the cat run off, they weren’t coming out to help my daughter.
My daughter explained she was in a busy intersection and they repeated, open the car door and let the cat run off.
That’s my pet!!! She would have been killed. Seriously, what if my cat did run through traffic, it could have caused a terrible accident from people avoiding hitting a cat? It would have killed my cat, I love her, the thought of her being in pain like that, makes me so upset, I still can’t stop crying.
My daughter waited for me to get there, it took an hour, she left the cat in the car with the A/​C running, it was 108 degrees outside, my daughter stood there on the hot pavement.
What is animal control there for anyway? My daughter needed help!

first of all I don’t understand why you have to be listed on the complaint. you should be able to report excessive barking dogs in a HOA neighborhood anonymously without fear of your neighbors you are reporting, able to seek revenge, its a crazy world out here and you just never know how someone will react. There is a pitbull that is constantly barking in our HOA community and the HOA is not doing anything about it even though its a rule violation and I cannot report this dog to animal control because I have to be listed on the citation. This department needs to relook at the way barking dogs can be reported without harm to the person reporting it.

We called in a pitbull running around in the park no owners. Tried to keep an eye on its location for when animal control showed up. Upon the mans arrival me b my husband told him where it was and that the animal seemed frightened. Not one word was said from the man or acknowledgement that we were speaking to him. Very very rude person! If he treats people this way I cant imagine how he treats animals.

I have mixed feelings about this department. Once, a couple of pit bulls ended up in our backyard (twice this happened). They were nice dogs, but since we have two dogs of our own, we could not have them wait for pickup inside our home. We ended up waiting for animal control to pick up these dogs, about four or five hours– which tied up our day. We had them secured in another area, away from our dogs.
We are responsible pet owners (pick up their feces regularly– this is what we do, when we walk our dogs in public, at parks or around our neighborhood) as well as considerate neighbors. When we had complaints, we found a solution. But alas, we have inconsiderate neighbors who had five small loud barking dogs, at one point (it’s illegal– you have to have a breeder’s license now). When there were complaints about them, they claimed that they did not speak English. They’ve gone down to two dogs, however, they leave them outside in the backyard to bark all hours of the night. I can’t tell you how many times they’ve done so– that’s how frequent (and it so happens to be right outside our bedroom window where their dogs are kept). (When we first moved in, over five years ago, these same neighbors had two huge turkeys, ducks, and more than a dozen chickens and roosters– this is illegal in Las Vegas city limits. If you’re in an area marked «Horse Property» I think that area of the city is fine with these kinds of animals.) These are the same neighbors who will do handywork in their yard at 6:30 am– I think they believe that other people in the neighborhood are up that early on weekends (or maybe they don’t care about the noise ordinance law– 7am-​10 pm).
Here’s a summary of the process: complaints are recorded, two complaints are given to the offender, before going to court to file officially. I haven’t gone down farther in the process so I will keep you posted. The number (for complaints) posted online is not the correct telephone number– for Las Vegas call 229‑6444 (OPTION 2), for North Las Vegas call 633‑1390, and Henderson call 267‑4970.
Taken from
Noisy animals are misdemeanor violations which if witnessed by an Animal Control Officer may result in the issuance of a citation and criminal prosecution of the owner. Should an Animal Control Officer issue a citation for a noisy animal the complainant’s name will be listed on the citation as the affected party and you will be required to testify in court to the habitual nature of the noise. This is also why we suggest that you speak to these parties and try to work together as neighbors before filing a noisy animal complaint. We would suggest that you try to resolve this with your neighbors. It is only with your cooperation a case can go forward towards resolution.
If Animal Control is unable to witness the violation the complaint will be forwarded to the Neighborhood Justice Center for mediation. Should mediation fail to resolve the problem you will be provided with a District Attorney’s packet. In most cases a letter is sent by the District Attorney’s Office prior to filing a Criminal Complaint to bring this matter into court. This process also requires the corroboration of two neighbors to process the Criminal Complaint.

Last Friday morning I woke up, looked outside my window and thought, «Oh my, there’s a turkey by the pool.» Yes, I thought this was odd. I had no idea turkeys liked water, but more importantly I was not aware of a desert turkey. Upon closer inspection, I realized it was a duck.
I, being the hysterical wife that I can be, immediately called my traveling husband to tell him the shocking news. He freaks out when a songbird comes within 100-​feet of the pool, so the news of a duck peering over the edge of our cement pond really upset him. «Get rid of it. If other ducks smell duck oil we’ll have an entire colony in our pool,» he informed me. So, I ran outside, grabbed the pool net and attempted to shoo it away, but it did what any sensible duck would do, it jumped in the pool. Laughing hysterically, I called my husband to let him know the good news.
Eventually, I chased the duck out of the pool, and I soon realized the poor thing was bleeding. What to do? I wasn’t sure if animal control dealt with wild animals, but I called them up. A nice man was at my house within an hour. He was probably one of the nicest public workers I have ever met. He was very kind to the duck and to me. We ended up bonding over a duck chase, as it took both of us to get the little lady. During the process, she ended up taking at least three long, submerged laps of the pool. If my husband’s duck oil theory is correct, we better learn how to whistle Old McMisti had a farm with some extra duck verses. (I am not about to tell him the duck pooped in the pool too!)
I have dealt with animal control previously when a neighbor’s dog was roaming about the neighborhood delivering «treats» on everyone’s lawn, and on that occasion, I had the same experience: kind and prompt service. In a city known for less than stellar public services, somehow animal control is doing their less than sexy job quite well.