{"id":177,"date":"2019-04-20T01:07:32","date_gmt":"2019-04-20T06:07:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blast.cityofopp.com\/?page_id=177"},"modified":"2026-01-05T12:41:42","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T17:41:42","slug":"animal-services","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cityofopp.com\/index.php\/animal-services\/","title":{"rendered":"Animal Services"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"177\" class=\"elementor elementor-177\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-1423f4e elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1423f4e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-124b91d7\" data-id=\"124b91d7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5593a5bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5593a5bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Animal Control Unit<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a0da657 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"a0da657\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-210da499 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"210da499\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46a39ed elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"46a39ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>The Animal Control Unit of the Opp Police Department is responsible for enforcing state and city laws regarding the care and keeping of domestic animals in the city. The Unit investigates nuisance complaints such as barking dogs. It also investigates animal bites and animal abuse complaints, and further impounds animals as appropriate. Animal control officers can issue citations as necessary in order to enforce laws. In addition, animal control officers educate the public in areas such as responsible pet ownership and proper care of pets. Animal Control\u2019s most common complaints are reports of stray dogs and cats.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7bb3f99 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7bb3f99\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/library.municode.com\/HTML\/12144\/level2\/PTIICOOR_CH3ANFO.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0Opp Animal Control Ordinance<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-b1eb2f8\" data-id=\"b1eb2f8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b81320d elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"b81320d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d9b74a1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d9b74a1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cityofopp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/OPD-Individual-Photos-044-Edit-300x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-4423\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cityofopp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/OPD-Individual-Photos-044-Edit-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cityofopp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/OPD-Individual-Photos-044-Edit-1024x820.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cityofopp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/OPD-Individual-Photos-044-Edit-768x615.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cityofopp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/OPD-Individual-Photos-044-Edit-1536x1229.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.cityofopp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/OPD-Individual-Photos-044-Edit-2048x1639.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.cityofopp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/OPD-Individual-Photos-044-Edit-1568x1255.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Sgt. Justin Holland - Animal Control Officer<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d58bdc elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"7d58bdc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f1cc83 elementor-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"0f1cc83\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100090543787644\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fab fa-facebook\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Animal Control Unit The Animal Control Unit of the Opp Police Department is responsible for enforcing state and city laws regarding the care and keeping of domestic animals in the city. The Unit investigates nuisance complaints such as barking dogs. It also investigates animal bites and animal abuse complaints, and further impounds animals as appropriate. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cityofopp.com\/index.php\/animal-services\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Animal Services&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cityofopp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/177"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cityofopp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cityofopp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cityofopp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cityofopp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=177"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/www.cityofopp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/177\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6225,"href":"https:\/\/www.cityofopp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/177\/revisions\/6225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cityofopp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}