Duties and Responsibilities

The Animal Control Division is responsible for enforcing the Town's ordinances regarding animals, along with operating and maintaining the Kill Devil Hills Animal Shelter.  

General Ordinances - Animals

Ordinance - Animals on the Beach

Mission

The goal of the Animal Control Division is to provide a safe and pleasant community environment for our residents and visitors where families and their pets can live together in a complementary and balanced manner.

Objectives 

 

• To reduce animal control violation through strengthened enforcement of the Town Code, education of our citizens and visitors on ordinances related to animal control issues, and enhanced communication. 
• To minimize euthanasia of domestic pet animals by providing our citizens with opportunities for pet adoption through the Kill Devil Hills Animal Shelter. 
• To provide our citizens, visitors and their pets more opportunities to enjoy our unique environment by supplying pet waste clean-up stations that help minimize nuisance problems associated with animal feces, such as surface water pollution and other threats to human health and welfare.