Arlington Animal Services is a division of the Community Services Department whose goals are to encourage responsible pet ownership by providing an animal registration program, field enforcement services, educational services, and life safety services. The humane care and successful placement of stray and unwanted animals, and the eradication of rabies from the community’s animal population are critical to successful operations.

The Animal Awareness and Safety Program will feature the following topics:

Animal Services staff hopes the knowledge gained by program participants will be passed along to friends and neighbors and will assist in fostering livable neighborhoods by decreasing the number of animal violations.

In addition the program has been designed to provide responsive communication through additional education to the public about the various aspects of responsible pet ownership.

Upon completion of the Animal Awareness and Safety Program, qualified individuals may have their citations dismissed for certain Animals Chapter and Nuisance Chapter violations.

This program is not available to individuals who have received a citation for a violation of the Dangerous Animal provisions, or for Failing to Quarantine an animal.

An individual may be eligible for the program once each calendar year from the date of the previous offense.