Raleigh animal control supervisor describes enforcement duties, outreach

Maya Hurley, supervisor of the Raleigh Police Department’s animal control unit, described the unit’s enforcement role and community services in a brief talk.

Hurley said the unit enforces "all of the City of Raleigh animal ordinances," and summarized its day-to-day work: "We patrol parks, we pick up stray animals, we assist with injured or sick wildlife, and we make sure that we are educating the community on all of our City of Raleigh ordinances." She said those duties also include responding to injured wildlife and returning animals to owners when possible.

The unit also runs outreach events, Hurley said, including rabies clinics and a "great pup meetup." She told listeners the schedule for those events is posted on the unit’s animal control page on the City of Raleigh website.

Hurley framed the work as both regulatory and compassionate: "My favorite part about this job is that I've wanted to do it my entire life since I was a child. I get to spend my days caring for animals, enforcing ordinances that protect animals, and occasionally I get to make sure an animal either makes it to safety or gets returned back to their owners." She said those outcomes are the best part of the job.

The remarks focused on the unit’s public-safety and animal-welfare mission and offered residents a point of contact for events and questions about local animal ordinances.