Report an Issue to Animal Services

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Sonoma County Animal Services is responsible for the enforcement of city and county ordinances and state laws pertaining to animals. This includes: licensing and vaccination requirements, stray animals, dangerous/vicious animals, nuisance provisions, and the enforcement of cruelty regulations.

If you are reporting an emergency situation, such as an injured animal or animal bite, please contact us by phone at (707) 565-7100, Monday through Saturday, 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Outside of these hours, please contact your local police department or the sheriff's office to have the call dispatched to our on-call Animal Services Officer.

To report a non-emergency issue, please send us an email to TheAnimalShelter@SonomaCounty.gov and include the following information so that we may better assist you:

Your full name
Street number, street name, city and zip code
Phone number
Email address

For animal-related complaints, such as barking, please include the animal owner's address. In order for Sonoma County Animal Services to contact a pet owner regarding a complaint, we must have your name and contact information. Without it, the complaint may go unaddressed.

Please Note: The County of Sonoma is subject to the California Public Records Act and cannot guarantee the confidentiality of emailed dialogue.

Visit our forms page for records requests and sworn statements.

How to Report a Barking Dog

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The location of the barking dog determines who you need to call to report a barking dog. When you call:

Make sure the dog resides within the City of Healdsburg, Santa Rosa or Windsor, or unincorporated Sonoma County.
Be prepared to provide your name and address, and the exact street address of the dog's residence.
We will send a letter advising the dog owner of the ordinance against permitting a dog to bark in a way that limits the reasonable comfort of the community, offering guidance for rectifying the situation, and specifying possible consequences of non-compliance with the ordinance.
To report a dog outside of the jurisdictions we serve, please contact the your community's agency below.

Residents of Cotati (707) 792-4611

Residents of Petaluma (415) 883-4621

Residents of Sonoma (707) 996-3602

Residents of Rohnert Park (707) 584-2600

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