Animal
Control & Shelter
Sitka Police Department
SITKA ANIMAL SHELTER MISSION STATEMENT
The mission of the Sitka Animal Shelter and the Sitka Animal Control Division is to improve the quality of life in the City and Borough of Sitka by providing safety to the citizens and animals, preserving the health of the citizens, and care of the animals.
The Sitka Animal Shelter provides a comprehensive and compassionate service to the animals of Sitka, temporary care and safe shelter, placement and education for the dignity and well being of all animals, and to respect wildlife.
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Animal Control Services
The Sitka Animal Control Department is a division of the Sitka Police Department. Animal Control is responsible for upholding and enforcing regulations (ordinances) regarding the treatment and control of animals in the City and Borough of Sitka. Animal Control ordinances serve three purposes: 1) protection of people, 2) protection of property, and 3) protection of animals.
Animal Control means not only protecting people from the nuisance of roaming, uncontrolled animals, but also protecting pets and wild animals in their habitats.
Animal control solutions begin with people
There is one Animal Control Officer currently working through the Sitka Police Department. The ACO is also responsible for the Sitka Animal Shelter functions
Animal Control Services include, but are not limited to:
- Animal rescue
- Compliant investigation
- Animal cruelty investigation
- Animal Ambulance
- Animal quarantine
- Limited wildlife management
Critter Corner: a view by Officer Nancy Buckmaster
Every 4th of July I remind you of how painful fireworks are on our dogs. The frequencies a dog can perceive and hear are almost twice that of humans and can pick up and distinguish sounds at roughly 4 times the range of humans.
If you find a lost or frantic dog, the shelter has a safe holding kennel at the back of the building and we have staff that will be in and out all week-end. Be safe.