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What we investigate

Our Humane Investigations staff consists of two-full time and one part-time investigator. Together they serve as a public resource for all animal welfare concerns. Their efforts are focused on the following areas:

  • Domestic animals and livestock lacking necessary food, water and/or shelter as dictated by law
  • Animal fighting and hoarding
  • Physical abuse and/or chronic neglect of animals
  • Confinement within a vehicle causing potential harm
  • Mutilation or other serious disfigurement of animals
  • Denial of necessary medical attention to animals who are sick or injured
  • Illegal shooting, trapping, abandonment, poisoning, and/or torture of any domestic animal
  • Potential injury of companion animals from tangled leashes, ropes or chains
  • Pet stores, boarding kennels, breeder kennels, stables, etc., that have failed to provide proper maintenance facilities for its animals
  • Verbal or written threats to injure, steal, or kill an animal

Contact your local animal control or law enforcement agency for the following issues not handled by our investigations team:

  • Barking dogs and nuisance
  • Animals off leash or running at-large
  • Animals digging in the trash
  • Dangerous or vicious animals
  • Dog bites
  • Sanitation issues (neighbor complaint of feces in yard, etc.)
  • Too many animals per your city’s ordinance
  • Indigenous wildlife animal complaints
  • Animals caught in trees or other places
  • Animal theft (unless related to care of animal)
  • Dogs riding in the back of trucks (currently not illegal in the state of Minnesota)
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