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Pasquotank commissioners adopt Animal Control changes to create Animal Services Department
Summary
The Board adopted an amendment to the Animal Control Ordinance on June 2, 2025, creating a Pasquotank County Animal Services Department and transferring enforcement duties from the Sheriff's Office; the vote was 6-1 following a brief public hearing with no public comment.
The Pasquotank County Board of Commissioners adopted an ordinance on June 2, 2025, amending the Animal Control Ordinance to create an Animal Services Department and shift enforcement and general duties from the Pasquotank County Sheriff's Office to the new department.
County Attorney Mike Cox explained that the change establishes a separate Animal Services Department to carry out animal-control enforcement, impoundment functions, Trap-Neuter-Vaccinate-Return coordination and other responsibilities currently listed under…
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