Missions and Goals
Animal Control provides services important to the protection and
safety of the citizens of Lincoln. The most important of these
services are rabies control, law enforcement, and educational
programs. The image of Animal Control has grown to one that
is well-recognized by children, youth, and adults.
The Animal Control program was created by ordinance and
occupies a unique position in the community combining the
activities of a law enforcement agency which protects people and
their property and animals.
Our Mission
The Animal Control program's mission is to balance the health,
safety and welfare needs of people and animals within the City of
Lincoln by:
- Protecting
- the rights of people from the dangers and nuisances caused by uncontrollable animals
- Ensuring
- the legal protection of animals from mistreatment
- Promoting
- motivating and enforcing responsible pet ownership
- Providing
- animal-related services to the citizens of Lincoln
- Educating
- the public through presentations and public relations
- Responding
- to questions citizens may have regarding animals and referring them as necessary to the correct party
- Providing
- a lost and found service for returning lost pets to owners
Our Vision of the Future
We envision the day when all citizens, their property and
their neighborhood will be safe from the dangers and nuisances of
irresponsible pet ownership
We envision the day when animals will not suffer because of
human abuse, neglect or ignorance.
We hope every pet born will be assured of a good home and care
all of its natural life and spaying/neutering of pets will be a
positive choice by pet owners.
We believe success will come only when no animal needs to be
euthanized except those for who euthanasia is an escape from
suffering or necessary for the safety of people and other animals.
Animal Control is a city agency (a division of the Lincoln-
Lancaster County Health Department) that provides the following
services:
- regulate uncontrolled animals
- bite and attack investigations caused by aggressive animals
- rabies control
- cruelty and neglect investigation
- stray and unlicensed animals
- injured animal rescue
- dead animal pickup
- lost and found records
- licensing service
- enforce city ordinances
- educational programs
- wildlife removal and assistance
- animal information & referral
