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animal control services
- Subject Category
- L Animal Science and Animal Products
- Definition
- The provision of services in a municipality by authorized personnel to enforce animal control laws that support public safety and ensure the welfare of wild and domestic animals, including activities such as investigating animal cruelty incidents, licensing of animals, impounding stray animals, and controlling nuisance animals.
- Definition Source
- NAL Thesaurus Staff
- RDF/XML Format:
- http://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/127349.rdf
- Persistent URI:
- http://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/127349
- Broader Term
- animal welfare
- Related Term
- animal care
- animal law
- animal rescue shelters
- control methods
- dead animals
- human-animal relations
- pest control
- stray animals
- vertebrate pests
- wildlife damage management
- wildlife management
- Spanish
- servicio de control animal
- Term Number
- 127349