Fort Walton Animal Shelter

Okaloosa County Animal providers at PAWS is chartered to enforce all State, County and Municipal Laws and Ordinances. The goal of Animal Control is to help guarantee people security as well as supply safer environmental conditions for pets. While officers possess expert to issue citations and do other enforcement functions, the focus should attempt to guarantee conformity through educational efforts instead of policing functions. Although unit is primarily a public security department, the continuing emphasis is from the dependence on humane therapy into the fulfillment of objectives. Certain attempts are targeted at being part of the treatment for animal control problems as opposed to just dealing with the symptoms, see our future programs listed below.

Future Programs

• Adoption Activities and On place programs
• Exercise the puppies and socialize the cats
• Adoption Ambassador Program
• Community Cat Spay/Neuter Times

Contact Information

Legislation

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