Mecklenburg County Animal Control

If you have a problem with a dog or a cat, call: (704) 336-3786 (This is a FREE service)


         

If you have a problem with a wild animal, call: (704) 307-2075 (This is NOT FREE service)

Yes, if you have a problem with a domestic animal, such as a dog or a cat, call Mecklenburg County Animal Services. They can assist, for free, with problems involving stray pet issues and pet complaints. Some of the common complaints that the county handles include problems with loud barking dogs, cases of pet neglect, stay cats, stray dogs, dangerous dogs or pit-bulls, pet vaccinations, pet adoptions, lost dogs, lost cats, and things of that matter.

If you need help with wildlife, or animals such as raccoons, skunks, opossums, bats, rats, mice, moles, foxes, groundhogs, or squirrels, the county will not help out for free, or at all. The county doesn't handle wildlife problems in Charlotte NC. You must hire a professional wildlife trapper company - they will do a better job than the county ever could. Suppose you have a raccoon in your attic - the county won't remove the baby animals from the attic, they won't find the entry hole(s) the raccoon has ripped open on the roof and repair them, they won't fix the damage the raccoon has caused in the attic, they won't clean up the biohazard poop it has left behind, they won't trap the target animal properly, etc etc. Wildlife control is an entirely different matter than pet control, and with many different facets and risks, such as rabies, crawling in attics, on roofs, performing damage repairs, and so on.