FAQs: Frequently Asked Questions

To safeguard public health

• Every licensed pet has been vaccinated against rabies. This protects your pets, children and neighbors against this deadly disease! When the license tag is visible, you know that the animal has been vaccinated!

To help your pet get home

• If your pet gets lost, your pet can be returned more quickly and sometimes without a trip to the shelter! If it is impounded and taken to the shelter, it is safer there than it would be roaming the streets in harm’s way. A license tag can be easily traced to the animal’s owner with a phone call. A license tag is your pet’s ticket home.

To help us to enforce laws on responsible pet ownership

• If we can track pet ownership, then we know where to focus our services and education efforts.

To support the  shelter and adoption of unwanted pets

• Your yearly license fee helps support sheltering for strays and unwanted pets. It also pays for our leash-free dog park, animal control services, and community education.

It’s the law!

• Dogs and Cats must be licensed and vaccinated against rabies.