Animal Control

To make a report:

You may call the Smith County Sheriff's Office at the 24-hour communications center in a non-emergency situation.	Phone: (903) 566-6600
In the event the animal is posing a threat to the public or the situation is an emergency, dial 911.

To claim an animal:

To claim dogs you should call the Smith County Sheriff's Office at the 24-hour communications center, but after a certain number of days, dogs are transferred to the County Animal Control Shelter.	Phone: (903) 566-6600

To claim livestock you may call the Smith County Sheriff's Office at the 24-hour communications center, as well as the Criminal Investigations division of the Sheriff's office.	Phone: (903) 566-6600 or (903) 590-2690 or (903) 590-2689 or (903) 590-2682 Monday - Friday 8:00 am - 5:00 pm.

Animal Control Mission Statement:

It is the objective of the Smith County Sheriff to safely and efficiently recover and return stray animals to the rightful owner through a diligent search, and to provide the most effective means of transportation, impoundment, advertisement and sale of such animals when ownership cannot be determined.

Stray Animal (Dog)-
Animal means any mammal, domesticated or wild and The Sheriff's department's Animal Control Authority, as part of the Northeast Texas Public Health District, defines a stray animal as a 'Dog' or a member of the canine family.
Estray Animal (Livestock)-
Texas livestock laws define an estray as any valuable domestic animal such as a horse, mule, hog, sheep, goat, cattle, exotic livestock, or exotic fowl that has strayed from it's owner. Texas livestock laws require the Sheriff to pick up any estray animal reported to the Sheriff's Office, regardless of who reports it.

When a report is received by a dispatcher, he/she shall obtain as much information as possible from the reporting person about the animal's location and possible owner, then dispatch an animal control unit.

If a danger to the public is determined, a patrol unit will be dispatched if an animal control unit is not immediately available. The first responder will then make a diligent search to determine the owner of the stray. If they are unable to locate the owner, the stray will be transported to the designated Smith County facility, which may be different if the stray is a dog or if it is livestock.

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