STRAY DOG RESPONSE POLICY

Animal Control Officers will respond to any stray dog call/complaint during normal working hours between 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.  After normal working hours, Animal Control Officers will respond to any stray dog call/complaint including and especially if that dog is posing a threat to human health or appears to be visibly ill/injured.

It is the policy of the Board of Health not to respond to "routine" stray dog calls/complaints after dusk.  "Routine" calls/complaints are dogs that are not posing a threat to human health or dogs that are not visibly ill/injured.  The only exception to this is if the dog has been confined by a resident.  The health department does not under any circumstance advise that a resident attempt to contain or capture a stray animal of any type.

Please contact the Health Department during working hours at (973) 680-4024 or the Police Department after hours at (973) 680-4141