Animal Control Policies
 
We are a county operated shelter providing animal control to 39 communities in Bergen County. We accept owned animals for a fee from our contracted communities. If space permits, we will accept owned animals from other Bergen County towns. Please call the shelter (201) 229-4600 to find out if cages are available. If you are not from Bergen County, please contact your local shelters.

The following towns have animal control contracts with Bergen County Animal Shelter.
We will accept stray domestic animals from any of these towns. If we are closed, call your local police department who can reach us after hours. If you find a stray in any other town, please contact the local police for the animal control contractor for that town

  • Alpine
  • Bergenfield
  • Closter
  • Cresskill
  • Demarest
  • Dumont
  • Edgewater
  • Elmwood Park
  • Emerson
  • Englewood
  • Englewood Cliffs
  • Fairview
  • Glen Rock
  • Hackensack
  • Harrington Park
  • Hasbrouck Heights
  • Haworth
  • Kearny
  • Leonia
  • Little Ferry
  • Lyndhurst
  • Maywood
  • Moonachie
  • New Milford
  • North Arlington
  • Norwood
  • Oradell
  • Ridgefield Park
  • River Edge
  • River Vale
  • Rochelle Park
  • Rockleigh
  • Saddle Brook
  • South Hackensack
  • Teaneck
  • Tenafly
  • Teterboro
  • Westwood
  • Wood-Ridge
Feral (Wild) Cats

In order to remove cats that cannot be handled, it is necessary to confine them in a humane trap. For a $55 deposit (refunded when the trap is returned) we will loan you a trap and pick up any cats caught 9-5 on weekdays. It is your responsibility to set the trap, monitor it and call us if a cat is caught, and close the trap in the late afternoon. This service is only offered to contracted towns. For more information, call 201-752-4260 Monday, Tuesday, Thursday or Friday from 10 am to 4 pm.

Wildlife

We respond to calls for sick or injured wildlife to any of our contracted towns. We will pick up dead animals on public property during normal business hours. For a fee payable by the resident we will pick up dead animals on private property. We are not a pest control service and will not remove healthy wildlife from your property. The only exception is that we will remove wildlife from living quarters for a fee payable by the resident at the time of the service. This does not include animals in attics, basements, garages, chimneys or sheds.

What to do when you find an injured bird or baby wildlife.